Search: OEWG,Cybersecurity,Information security,Russia (5 materials)

International Information Security in US-Russian Bilateral Relations

... no political force in Washington can support cyber negotiations with Russia as anti-Russian sentiments are very strong in the American society. Be that as it may, from... ... tearing relations completely. Drawing an analogy with the Cold War, one can argue that cybersecurity is becoming part of a new strategic stability equation in bilateral relations... ... area. Conclusion With bilateral ties severed through Washington’s fault, the UN’s OEWG still serves as a channel of communication, which is especially important in promoting information security, where misattribution of a cyber incident can lead to escalation...

01.03.2023

Mutual Warning: What Ended the Short Cyberspace Detente Between Russia and the United States

Cyberspace is increasingly becoming a major area of confrontation in the U.S.-Russia relations. Since 1998, the UN has annually adopted a Russia-sponsored resolution ... ... however, Russia and the U.S. for the first time submitted a joint draft resolution on information security negotiations to the First Committee of the UN General Assembly... ... investigation into the REvil case reminded one of the achievements in the U.S.-Russian cybersecurity collaboration. Despite concerns in the U.S. that Russia would halt proceedings...

31.10.2022

Russia and the United States Mapping Out Cooperation in Information Security

The joint U.S.–Russia draft resolution on international information security is a new milestone on the path towards establishing an international regime for information security The ... ... that the United Nations hosted two competing platforms operating between 2019 and 2021, the Open‑Ended Working Group (the OEWG) established at Russia’s initiative and the Group of Governmental Experts (the GGE) led by the United States. Oleg Shakirov: ...

23.11.2021

Time to Create a Single Negotiating Cyber Forum under the UN General Assembly First Committee

... ICT4Peace On March 12, 2021, the United Nations adopted a UN Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) report on the Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications... ... in spite of the global trend towards escalating tensions, especially those between Russia, China and the U.S. We have two negotiating platforms, the GGE and the OEWG.... ... Besides, in cooperation with the OAS, UN ODA and Kenya, ICT4Peace organized a series of cybersecurity policy and diplomacy training workshops for Latin American and African...

02.04.2021

Broad Cyber-Consensus

... because of the sheer number of participants in the discussion on information security issues. On the one hand, this has brought ... ... put fundamental issues on the back burner. Michele Markoff, U.S. cybersecurity negotiator, conceded in her Explanation of Position ... ... that the United States had reservations about the need for a new OEWG to convene. She also stated that the United States could not ... ... Negotiations after Negotiations Alexander Tabachnik, Lev Topor: Russian Cyber Sovereignty: One Step Ahead Negotiations on cyber ...

30.03.2021

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