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The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) is planning to create a platform for a cybersecurity alliance to defend against potential threats from China and its axis. Quad met in India to discuss the plan.
QUAD comprises four nations: Australia, India, Japan and the US. Its goal is to come up with an effective cybersecurity platform geared towards handling cyberattacks coming from China, North Korea, and others that “do not believe in respecting international laws, written pacts, territorial integrity and sovereignty of other nations,” as noted by T. Brajesh, a journalist with the Sunday Guardian.
Key government officials will represent the four nations. Secretary of department affairs Michael Pezzullo will represent Australia. India by national cyber security coordinator Lt General Rajesh Pant. Deputy national security adviser Masataka Okano for Japan, and Anne Neuberger, US deputy national security advisor.
According to the journalist, QUAD is building its cybersecurity capabilities which can also be utilised by their friends and partner nations as they have noticed an upward tick of aggressive attacks in the Indo-Pacific region. Countries such as South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan and the Philippines may benefit from the platform, as mentioned by QUAD.
This dialogue is a reboot from its initial launch in 2007. The four nations revived QUAD in 2017 and are preparing to launch the QUAD Cyber Challenge. Anirban Bhaumik, an assistant editor with the Deccan Herald, wrote that “the challenge is going to be the first major initiative by the bloc to respond to increasing online attacks by hackers linked to China, targeting critical infrastructures of several nations, including India.”
The QUAD Cyber Challenge will allow the four nations, and their partner regions, to gain resources such as basic cybersecurity information and training. It will provide these resources to private corporations, small businesses, educational institutions, and consumers from grade school students up to the elderly.
The challenge will also provide resources that allow routine security update installation, enabling enhanced identity checks and a basic understanding of identifying common online scams such as phishing.
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