"(ISC)2 Urges Countries to Strengthen Collaboration on Cybersecurity Regulation"
According to (ISC)², as cybersecurity policies and regulations evolve rapidly worldwide, greater collaboration is necessary to ensure more robust and resilient frameworks to support shared learning and best practices. The international cybersecurity non-profit has led new research in collaboration with the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), a British think tank, examining cybersecurity legislation and regulation within the UK, the US, Canada, the EU, Japan, and Singapore. The RUSI and (ISC)2 researchers identified various challenges shaping cyber policy across all six jurisdictions, including the need to tackle the shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals and the growing importance of protecting the critical national infrastructure (CNI). While these two priorities are shared by all six jurisdictions analyzed, the study provides valuable insights on the different approaches these countries take to solve them. The researchers stated that by bringing together insights from different jurisdictions and stakeholders, the study also shows the importance of cooperation between private and public stakeholders and that policymakers increasingly seek harmonization of cyber policy. The researchers stated that it is important to understand which policies are effective in increasing cyber resilience and how they impact businesses and the cyber workforce implementing them. The researchers noted that "ally countries should adopt "a proactive, rather than reactive, approach toward cybersecurity policy and collaborate across borders, industries, and sectors to establish common standards, protocols, and best practices." The research was conducted from December 2022 to March 2023 and was primarily based on a review of existing literature about policies enacted or proposed within the six jurisdictions between 2019 and 2023.