Business initiatives on rules of conduct in digital space
For more than 20 years, countries have been struggling to introduce ... ... President Brad Smith launched the Digital Geneva Convention initiative. The Convention is expected to oblige governments not to take cyber attacks on private sector companies or the critical infrastructure of other states, and not to use hacker attacks to steal ...
... of Government Experts (UN GGE) that produced successful reports in 2013 and 2015 but failed to do so in 2017. Could these two expert groups make groundbreaking progress, leading UN member states to agree on how to behave in cyberspace and respond to cyber attacks? Despite the positive agenda, some of the most sceptical voices in this discussion come from the business community.
Businesses claim that they have the most to lose from
cyber attacks
and are often responsible for dealing with the aftermath. Businesses are increasingly willing to take matters into their own hands when cyber attacks occur, but the ...