On 5 and 6 December, the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) held their second cyber dialogue in London, as set out under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

The EU and UK exchanged views regarding approaches to cyber resilience, secure technology and digital identity; as well as deterrence strategies against cyber threats and countering cybercrime including ransomware. They also discussed ongoing work in the United Nations on the promotion of responsible State behaviour in cyberspace and the work with the multi-stakeholder community to uphold a free, open, secure and peaceful cyberspace. Exchanges also covered respective developments related to cyber incident response and cyber defence, cyber skills, and cyber capacity building.

The dialogue was followed by a side-event with the participation of representatives of the private sector from the EU and UK to discuss best practices for public-private partnerships, in order to emphasise the importance of a multistakeholder approach in cyberspace.

The EU and the UK agreed to hold the next dialogue in 2025 in Brussels.

The Cyber Dialogue was co-chaired by Maciej Stadejek, Director for Security and Defence Policy at the EEAS, and Christiane Kirketerp de Viron, Acting Director for Digital Society, Trust and Cybersecurity at the European Commission, on the EU side, and Andrew Whittaker, Cyber Director, Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), as well as Rod Latham, Director, Cyber Security and Digital Identity, Department for Science Innovation & Technology (DSIT), on the UK’s side.