U.S. And Germany Strengthen Collaboration On Key Cyber Topics

Cooperation between the U.S. and Germany on cybersecurity cannot be taken for granted since information sharing remained a delicate issue between the two countries following concerns raised by documents released by whistleblower Edward Snowden in 2013. The U.S. and Germany set aside those tensions, and government representatives recently met for the fourth time to discuss a wide range of cyber issues.

At the annual Cyber Bilateral Meeting in Washington, D.C. in March 2016, the delegations agreed to collaborate further on the protection of critical infrastructure, and to "continue to work closely to enhance cybersecurity of critical infrastructure, improve incident management and coordination, and build cyber capacity of other countries", as noted in an official joint press release.