Strengthening cybersecurity in the context of development programs has traditionally focused on technical assistance activities such as trainings, workshops, and assessments to foster foundational capacities. Yet, experience has shown that to build an enabling environment for cyber resilience requires a holistic approach that builds on the foundations and at the same time leverages diverse financing instruments, budgets, and complementary modalities that foster sustainability, especially in a demanding environment of competing policy and budgetary priorities.

•How can countries scale up and go deeper through collaborative, sustainable cybersecurity approaches using different financing streams and modalities? What are some leading examples by governments, agencies, and the private sector?

•How can we expand such approaches and consider aspirational instruments for the future evolution of investments for cyber resilience?