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Amsterdam. April 17-18. Z0I3

The Strategic Dialogue on Gyber Security 3

The Henry Jackson Society and our partner organisations are preparing to host the
third installment of the Strategic Dialogue on Cyber Security, which is to take place in
Amsterdam with an opening dinner on April 17 and three sessions on April 1g
participants will be able to depart on evening flights the same day.
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Thä meeting will be a closed roundtable and held with the support of the Dutch
National Center for Cyber Security. We are in the early stages of confirming
participation and discussing the Agenda with key participants.

Following a further refinement of the group in response to feedback at the first two
meetings, the third meeting is aimed at senior official level only and will be kept to UK,
German, Dutch, lsraeli, United States, Canadian and French participation with the
addition of the NATO Center of Excellence in Estonia. Several participants have
asked fpr Sweden to be included and we will extend an invitation to the Swedish
government also. We further expect the participation of a small number of top
industry representatives.

Confirmed participants include the Director of the National Cyber Security Center of
the Netherlands, a representative on Cyber Security of the British Prime Minister (we
are in discussions to expand the British delegation to include Ministerial levet
participation also), the head of the National Cyber Bureau in the Prime Minister of
lsrael's Office and a delegation from the NATO center of exceltence in Estonia. We
are in discussion with the U.S. Departrnents of Homeland Security and State as well
as the relevant Congressional Committees and are confident of the continued
participation of the appropriately senior U.S- authorities. We also anticipate the
participation of a senior French, Canadian and Swedish official and aim to include an
appropriate EU observer additionally. We are further in advanced discussions with a
number of top Industry representatives from key companies whose participation
would add value to the discussion also. Overall, we expect to emerge with a focused,
enabled highquality group able to conduct serious and mutually beneficial
discussions.
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Sessions will be policy focused, with limited technical discussion where retevant and
wili focus on the civitian realm. The meeting's agenda is subject to discussion with
key participants but is expected to include discussions on preventative measures and
practices, dorhestic and international govemance and co-operation on relevant
issues including crisis management, industrial considerations and likety a forward-
Iooking session exploring topics such as the 'internet of things' afld relevant future
regulatory issues. \rVe anticipate a number of specific agenda items that will seek to
address issues that exist in the bilateral realm but would benefit from multilateral
discussion.

We look fonruard to working with you on this programme and would be keen to
discuss how.to ensure your objectives aie best served by it as $oon as possible so
as to incorporate these objectives into the meeting.

Background

The lnter-Parliamentary $trategic Dialogue on Cyber Security was formally launched

In February 2012 in the UK Parliament by The Rt Hon Francis Maude, UK Minister
for the Cabinet Office with responsibility for Cyber §ecurity and The Hon Bruce
McConnell, Director for Cyber & Strategy at the US Department of Homeland
Security, together with a delegation from the US Congress and around 20 top
European policymakers as well as a number of key industry representatives. The
London meeting saw lntense discussion among policy-makers and industry reviewing
progres§ and the challenges ahead. Key points to emerge were concerns over
transatlantic harmonisation of policy and legislation and ensuring lock-step on best
practice.

ln September 2012, the second rneeting of the Strategic Dialogue on Cyber Security
took place in Washington D.C, Top politicians and policymakers from Europe held
two days of discussions with the key figures driving the debate on the topic in the U.S.
Congress, including Senator Lieberman, Congressman Langevin and Mark
Weatherford, Undersecretary for Cyber Security at the Department for Hometand
$ecurity amidst a host of other top policymakers, The Washington meeting also
. included a roundtable at the British Embassy focused specifically on lndustry as well
as meetings with top representatives from relevant U.S. trade associations.

We are now planning the next meeting of the Strategic Dialogue on Cyber Security
under the auspices of the Dutbh National Center for Cyber Security, to take place in
Amsterdam next month.