... of cyberattacks and
imposed new restrictive measures
as early as April 2021, it has taken a more differentiated approach. In May,
amid the attack on
Colonial Pipeline
that sparked a regional fuel crisis on the U.S. East Coast, American officials suggested that the miscreants might be based in Russia, while stressing that they did not believe the Russian government was involved. President Biden informed on his contacts with Moscow about the incident, in effect offering to discuss cooperation on ...
... Working Group on developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security, making special note of how important the renewed group’s proceedings will be for 2021–2025. At the same time, the resolution suggests that the OEWG’s activities may well result in a binding UN document on international information security to be adopted.
It would seem the United States and Russia have sent a positive signal to the international community, recognizing the threats to international ...
... supply chains is important as well. We also call for the development of a global incident response mechanism in case significant cyber-attacks and cyber emergency.
This could be, in particular, based on the national points of contact recommended by the OEWG and GGE reports, as well as on closer cooperation of Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs). Imagine that a hospital that is classified as a CI in country ‘A’ was attacked by ransomware, and some hospitals’ important systems ultimately became inaccessible ...
... recent agreement through negotiations of the UN Open Ended Working Group is a positive step forward, 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. What do you think about such co-existence?
We appreciate the history and the genesis of these two parallel processes, however, I should say it is now time that we combined the two formats to create a single negotiating forum under the UN General ...
... cyberspace was characterized as common property; its regulation was possible within the framework of international institutions and forums established over the years. Among the more prominent ones we list the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts (UNGGE) and the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). Examples of NGOs' participation and think tanks are the Global Conference on Cyber Space (GCCS), the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, and the World Internet Conference.
Over time, however,...
... state sovereignty in the information space;
cooperation in the fight against the use of ICT in criminal or terrorist purposes;
preventing the proliferation of malicious ICT tools and techniques and the use of harmful hidden functions.
Third, a new UN GGE – an Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) – is set to launch work in June 2019. Its chief task will be to continue to develop norms, rules and principles of the responsible behaviour of states in the information space and consider the issue of the applicability of international law to ...
