Security News > 2021 > September > Stop worrying that crims could break the 'net, say cyber-diplomats – only nations have tried
The Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace is worried its guidance on preventing the internet and all it connects becoming a casualty of war is being misinterpreted.
The first, the Norm on non-interference with the public core of the Internet, seeks to forbid attacks on the Domain Name System, DNSSEC, WHOIS information services, systems operated by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority and of Regional Internet Registries.
"We are delighted that the concept of the public core of the Internet has been fully integrated in such diverse texts as the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace and the Cyber Security Act of the European Union," reads a new statement [PDF] from the group.
"Fundamentally we believe that the norm of non-interference with the public core is an issue of governance 'on' the Internet, and primarily a matter of moderating malicious state behaviour, and not an issue of governance 'of' the Internet, and therefore of Internet governance" the statement declares.
"Despite recent attempts to cast the main threat to the public core as resulting from cybercriminals, it is in fact states and their affiliates whose activities pose the greatest risks," the document adds, citing an International Telecommunications Union document that suggests nation-states could guarantee the 'net's safety from a criminal attack.
The statement therefore concludes that the GCSC's approach of setting norms for nations regarding the bodies that define, operate, and administer the internet is therefore more appropriate than trying to stop criminals attacking its core.