How ASEAN's cybersecurity push could protect people and economies

Abstract

Taking the lead on cybersecurity, both through the Norms Implementation Checklist and the ASEAN Regional Computer Emergency Response Team, is therefore crucial to the security of people and economies in Southeast Asia.

It could also prevent ASEAN’s centrality in regional security matters from eroding further. But this is contingent on ASEAN nations providing sufficient resources, policy thinking and political will to make these two initiatives deliver results.