Divergence is forcing industry—big and small alike— into a trade-off: comply with local rules or focus on real-time security needs. The region doesn’t need uniformity; it needs interoperability—frameworks that respect digital sovereignty while enabling secure and trusted data flows. Through its Senior Cyber Group, it has promoted joint principles on software security, critical infrastructure protection and incident response. Its best-practice principles on international regulatory cooperation and digital security benchmarks can act as baselines for Indo-Pacific states seeking alignment without sacrificing sovereignty. This article is delivered as part of ASPI’s partnership with Microsoft investigating the nature and consequences of regulatory fragmentation with respect to cyber resilience in the Indo-Pacific.