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Testimony: U.S. Cyber Diplomacy Faces Challenges

Opening Statement by Latesha Love-Grayer, Director, GAO's International Affairs & Trade team, to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe, on April 29, 2025.

The Department of State leads U.S. government international cyber diplomacy efforts to advance U.S. interests in cyberspace. To help achieve those objectives, State established the Bureau of Cybersecurity and Digital Policy (CDP) in April 2022. CDP’s cyber diplomacy strategic objectives include building coalitions, strengthening capacity, and reinforcing norms.

This statement discusses the evolution of cyber diplomacy at State that led to the eventual creation of CDP, how the bureau has organized itself to accomplish cyber diplomacy goals and the types of efforts it undertakes; and challenges the bureau faces in fulfilling its goals.
Date: Apr 29, 2025
Runtime: 00:05:17
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Cyber Diplomacy: The Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy's Efforts to Advance U.S. Interests
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