... main emphasis: while the U.S. prefers to focus on highly specialized, technical issues (e.g., measures to protect CII), Russia seeks to steer the international debate toward discussing general rules of conduct in the ICT environment. In particular, the UNGA resolution “Creating a global culture of cybersecurity and taking stock of national efforts to protect critical information infrastructures” (adopted in 2002, 2003 and 2009), promoted by the United States, suggests sharing summary information on measures taken and seeks to build a national ...
... in cyberspace as one of its goals
in 2022. U.S. support for the UN dialogue is related to the fact that the U.S. is becoming more vulnerable in the midst of multipolar digital world order.
Thus, Moscow’s and Washington’s approaches to a potential cybersecurity dialogue at the UN level may seem to be complementary on many issues. No reconciling is to be expected, however. The U.S. and its allies seek to “hijack the agenda” in global forums, orienting the global community towards their own initiatives. As for the rules of ...
There is urgent need to establish an international mechanism, dedicated to addressing the most grievous cybercrimes
In the current international environment, the significance of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is steadily rising. In this context, international cooperation is gradually moving towards a legal architecture for ICT governance and international information security (IIS) as an integral part of the overall international ...
... negotiations within the Open-Ended Working Group (OWG) in the UN proved relatively stable, its members succeeding to agree on an
interim report
in July. The OWG was not held hostage to U.S.-Russia disagreements, thanks to the involvement of dozens of countries interested in advancing the cybersecurity debate and achieving tangible results. Russia and the United States should make an effort to keep this format operational for the duration of its mandate until 2025.
Preventing incidents in cyberspace has been the key task on the radar of ...
.... 3 (2021): 349-380.
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Kiyan, Olga. “Establishing cybersecurity norms in the United Nations: The role of U.S.-Russia divergence.” Harvard International Review. Published November 26, 2021.
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National Bureau of Asian ...
... influence of social networks and
regulate
the digital sphere, where there is no governance at the international level, are those that grab the headlines of many online media outlets.
Daniel Stauffacher:
Time to Create a Single Negotiating Cyber Forum under the UN General Assembly First Committee
Given the current climate, it is then no surprise that the United Nations is paying close attention to the issues related to the digital domain. On September 29, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development ...
... review and
ad hoc
thematic sessions and which would enjoy certain Secretariat support. This proposal was the most practical and results-oriented option submitted to the OEWG. It was in line with ICT4Peace’s long-standing call to institutionalize the UN cybersecurity work by establishing a Committee on Cyber Security under the General Assembly and provide such a committee with dedicated Secretariat support via a UN Office of Cyber Affairs.
... document, the
Chair’s Summary
.
The fact that the report was adopted by consensus does not mean that the participants in the negotiations have overcome the differences in their approaches to security in cyberspace. Rather, they have agreed to put fundamental issues on the back burner. Michele Markoff, U.S. cybersecurity negotiator, conceded in her
Explanation of Position at the Conclusion of the UN Open-Ended Working Group
that the report was “not perfect,” noting that the United States had reservations about the need for a new OEWG to convene. She ...
... across every nation-state.
In the ratio of information security and communication in cyberspace, the author calls encryption a possible key to solving the problem.
Having made cybersecurity one of the priority areas of action, India appears as a flagship cybersecurity country. Critical infrastructure is now much more dependent on cyberspace, and trade-offs can be detrimental. Higher confidence in attribution can justify punishment and strengthen deterrent capability by setting a precedence that threat actors, including ...
... mobile access to a global network reduce the effectiveness that individual countries have in laying out the rules in cyberspace. To succeed, states need to be able to work collaboratively, and alongside industry, to ensure cyber security is effective around the globe.
Ilona Stadnik:
A New Cybersecurity Diplomacy: Are States Losing Ground in Norm-making?
There is no denying the fact that the UN has served as the main venue for talks on information security for the last 20 years. Russia has historically given these negotiations high importance,...
