The UAE government has signed a strategic partnership aiming to exchange best practices, knowledge and expertise in aviation and cyber security with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed during the World Government Summit (WGS2022) in Dubai, held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai.

His Excellency Mohammed Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Chairman of the World Government Summit Organization signed the agreement along with His Excellency Salvatore Sciacchitano, President of the ICAO Council, in the presence of several UAE government and ICAO officials.

Mohammed Al Gergawi said that the UAE is keen on promoting mutual work and positive impact between governments, reflecting its leadership’s approach to transferring the UAE’s knowledge and successful business models, ensuring the achievement of the sustainable development goals.

“The UAE government’s approach has become an international model for shaping the future and designing innovative solutions to tackle global challenges," he said.

The UAE-ICAO aviation cybersecurity agreement will focus on collaboration between the two sides that fosters knowledge and information sharing leading to “accelerators, innovation in future civil aviation, and cybersecurity,” according to ICAO's announcement of the new agreement. ICAO’s agreement with the UAE government is the agency’s latest progress on standardizing the way the global aviation industry responds to and regulates cyber-attacks against aviation assets.

The agency adopted Assembly Resolution A40-10—Addressing Cybersecurity in Civil Aviation, during the 40th Session of the ICAO Assembly that calls upon ICAO member-states to implement the ICAO Aviation Cybersecurity Strategy, first published in October 2019. Sciacchitano also advocated in his speech for more ICAO member-states to adopt the Beijing Convention and Protocol of 2010 to establish a global legal framework for dealing with "cyberattacks on international civil aviation as crimes."

“In addition, ICAO has been developing an international aviation trust framework to support the cybersecurity and cyber resilience of civil aviation in the air navigation domain,” Sciacchitano said. “This is a very important project, probably the most important of recent years, to support the secure global exchange of digital aviation information, and will include procedures, technical specifications, and guidance material supporting current and future global network requirements.”

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