*Administration of Barack Obama, 2016 *

**Joint Statement—2016 United States-India Cyber Dialogue **

*September 29, 2016 *

The Governments of the United States and India held the Fifth U.S.-India Cyber Dialogue in New Delhi on September 28, 2016.

The U.S.-India Cyber Dialogue reflects our nations' broad engagement and long-standing cooperation on important bilateral and global issues. The Cyber Dialogue is a forum for implementing the Framework for the India-U.S. Cyber Relationship, in particular exchanging and discussing international cyber policies, comparing national cyber strategies, enhancing our efforts to combat cybercrime, and fostering capacity building and R&D, thus promoting cybersecurity and the digital economy.

The U.S.-India Cyber Dialogue is deepening bilateral cooperation on a wide range of cyber issues and strengthening the U.S.-India strategic partnership by:

The whole-of-government Cyber Dialogue, fifth in the series, was led by the U.S. National Security Council Senior Director for Cyber Policy Samir Jain and by Shri Santosh Jha, Joint Secretary for Policy Planning and Global Cyber Issues, Ministry of External Affairs. The Department of State Coordinator for Cyber Issues Christopher Painter and the National Security Council Secretariat Joint Secretary Shri Abhimanyu Ghosh co-hosted the Dialogue. The U.S. government interagency delegation included representatives from the Departments of State, Homeland Security, and Commerce, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Indian government was represented by Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Ministry of Communication, Ministry of Home Affairs, Computer Emergency Response Team, National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre, Central Bureau of Investigation and Defence Research & Development Organisation.

The two countries decided to hold the next round of the Cyber Dialogue in Washington in 2017.

NOTE: An original was not available for verification of the content of this joint statement. *Categories:* Joint Statements : India, cybersecurity cooperation with U.S.

*Names:* Ghosh, Shri Abhimanyu; Jain, Samir; Jha, Shri Santosh; Painter, Christopher*.*

*Subjects:* Defense and national security : Cybersecurity :: Strengthening efforts; India : Cybersecurity efforts, cooperation with U.S.; India : Global Cyber Issues, Joint Secretary for Policy Planning and; India : National Security Council Secretariat Joint Secretary; India : Relations with U.S.; India : Research and technology, cooperation with U.S.; State, Department of : Cyber Issues, Coordinator; White House Office : Cyber Policy, National Security Council Senior Director for.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201600646.