Good point, --- Bentom. It is precisely because these issues need a framework that the Open Ended Working Group on Cybersecurity holds the best potential for coming up with a codified international framework. Whether it does so or not will depend on the positions articulated by UN member-states and stakeholders, since the OEWG has encouraged multiple stakeholder participation so far. I believe this is a major opportunity for the international community which should be seized, and all stakeholders must convince their governments to begin the process of discussing/negotiating an international convention.

Source author: Asoke Mukerji asokem@diplomacy.edu