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Microsoft's president wants a Geneva Convention for cyberwar |
February 15, 2017
Microsoft is calling for a Digital Geneva Convention, as global tensions over digital attacks continue to rise. The tech giant wants to see civilian use of the internet protected as part of an international set of accords, Brad Smith, the company’s president and chief legal officer, said in a blog post.The manifesto, published alongside his keynote address at the RSA conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, argued for codifying recent international norms around cyberwarfare and for establishing an independent agency to respond to and analyze cyberattacks.What’s more, he called on the tech industry to band together to protect users.Such an agreement is necessary, in his opinion, because warfare in cyberspace involves infrastructure that’s controlled and operated by private companies like Microsoft. Furthermore, some attacks, like the 2014 Sony hack widely attributed to North Korea, have targeted civilians.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3169849/security/microsofts-president-wants-a-geneva-convention-for-cyberwar.html#tk.rss_all
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