The U.S. and Cuban governments held this Friday the first meeting of the Cybersecurity and Cybercrime working group, one of the eight technical exchanges as part of the legal strengthening framework of the talks between the two countries, a Department of Justice spokesperson said to EFE.
The spokesperson, who requested anonymity, added that during the meeting the United States and Cuba discussed a series of cyber problems, including the tendencies in cybercrime and the practical improvements for the protection of the web.
Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber and International Communications and Information Policy Robert Strayer; Department of National Security Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber Policies; and Department of Justice Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce Swartz headed the U.S. delegation.
The Cuban delegation was made up by Foreign Ministry Director for Bilateral Affairs for the United States Yuri A. Gala López; and National Defense and Security Commission Assistant Advisor Abel González Santamaría.
The government of Donald Trump decided to give a strong turn to the Cuba policy after his predecessor Barack Obama had started a thawing and rapprochement process with the island in 2014.
Six months after arriving in the White House Trump issued a memorandum with which he settled this rapprochement through new sanctions against the Cuban military and again restricting Americans’ travel to Cuba.
EFE / OnCuba
