Security News > 2022 > May > Ukraine war a sorting hat for cyber-governance loyalties: Black Hat founder Jeff Moss

That's the opinion of Jeff Moss, founder of the Black Hat and DEF CON security conferences, who has also served as chief security officer at ICANN, is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and was asked to serve on the Obama administration's Homeland Security Advisory Council.

Speaking at the Black Hat Asia conference in Singapore today, Moss said the world is currently divided into three "Teams" of nations with different approaches to internet governance.

"Team Rule Of Law" comprises the USA and like-minded democracies that believe in free and open online environments and collaborative governance.

"Team Authoritarian" prefers control and censorship of the digital domain.

Moss said Team Authoritarian and Team Rule of Law are both watching members of Team Undecided's responses to the illegal invasion of Ukraine, to assess if nations might be lured into their blocs.

"Internet problems are global problems," he explained, and are therefore worthy of global response and the attempt to have the three teams work on problems together.

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