Cyber Arms Talks In The Works?

Staff at the Korea Internet Security Centre in Seoul. Photograph: Ahn Young-joon/AP

From Defense Tech:

President Obama was in Russia discussing arms control. Administration officials expect tentative agreements soon; however, they could be disappointed if the subject of cyber weapons becomes part of the discussions. Many cyber intelligence analysts have speculated that these talks will be the first discussions to include talks about limiting cyber weapons. Russia has attempted multiple time in the past to get the United Nations to examine the possibility of developing international legal regimes restricting the development, production, and use of especially dangerous types of information weapons. So far, however, their draft proposals have been tabled and replaced with resolutions that addressed only information security. The current U.S. position on cyber weapons is on fostering international cooperation rather than trying to limit cyber weapons proliferation that is estimated at already encompassing some 150 countries and multiple criminal organizations not to mention terrorist groups.

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My Comment: I do not even know where to begin. There are so many actors on the scene, and with the internet filled with millions of players .... enforcement will be next to impossible.