Advancing Cyber Resiliency and Capacity in Southeast Asia - Mark Bryan Manantan, editor

As the Cyber ASEAN project enters a new phase with the completion of the framework and the release of this publication, I commend Director Manantan, the expert advisors, and the country’s scholars and researchers who helped ensure that the analysis and recommendations advance the region’s cyber resiliency and capacity. [...] Setting the context for the entire publication, the introductory chapter explores the underlying assumptions of Cyber ASEAN, particularly the vital importance of reframing the conduct of cyber capacity-building in the region. [...] Obtaining participants’ feedback and inputs at the initial stages of the project before the formal completion of the framework was consequential to the project’s aim of local ownership because it determined the viability and practical use of the Cyber ASEAN framework early on. [...] Thus, the combined outcomes and inputs of the country consultations and the virtual experts’ meeting demonstrate the iterative process that forms the micro-foundations of the Cyber ASEAN Framework. [...] Hopefully, the interesting takeaways and concrete outcomes of the Cyber ASEAN project—embodied through the framework and the relevant country reports in the succeeding chapters— catalyze the enthusiasm to adopt and adapt the Cyber ASEAN Framework among the remaining countries as the region’s homegrown cyber assessment framework implemented in a multistakeholder and inclusive fashion.