Security News > 2020 > November > International infosec rules delivered to make nations and non-state actors behave themselves online

The Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, a group that works to develop policy the world can follow to keep the internet stable and secure, late last week delivered a final report that outlines its vision for how the nations of the world should behave online.

State and non-state actors should neither conduct nor knowingly allow activity that intentionally and substantially damages the general availability or integrity of the public core of the Internet, and therefore the stability of cyberspace.

Non-state actors should not engage in offensive cyber operations and state actors should prevent such activities and respond if they occur.

The work will be hard because the United Nations has already floated its own norms, and because the GCSC's effort goes further by seeking to involve and influence the behaviour of non-state actors.

"Some continue to believe that ensuring international security and stability is almost exclusively the responsibility of states. In practice the cyber battlefield is designed, deployed, and operated primarily by non-state actors, and we believe their participation is necessary to ensure the stability of cyberspace. Moreover, their participation is inevitable, as non-state actors often are the first to respond to - and even to attribute - cyber attacks."

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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2020/11/16/gcsc_final_report/