Security News > 2021 > May > UK Foreign Secretary Calls for Cooperation on Cybersecurity
U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Wednesday urged global cooperation to combat cyberattacks by "Hostile state actors" and criminal gangs.
Raab also pledged 22 million pounds in support to "Vulnerable" countries in Africa and the Indo-Pacific to improve their digital defense capacity.
"We need the combination of resilient defenses but also offensive capabilities, and the global diplomatic clout which comes with being a modern cyberpower," Raab said in a speech at a National Cyber Security Centre conference in London.
The foreign secretary accused Moscow and Beijing of being among the "Authoritarian regimes" failing to take action against cyberattacks coming from their own soil.
Raab had met with Group of 7 foreign ministers in London earlier this month, with security high on the agenda.
Top diplomats from Australia, India, South Africa and South Korea had also been invited, with Raab saying gaining the trust of "Like-minded" countries was "Essential".