Bill, Presumably the results of this survey will show that, depending on the ‘sector’ or ‘system’, the degree to which respondents believe they should be protected varies. How does that help those who might prefer a simpler approach that says that civilian infrastructure should be protected full stop? By generating ‘data’ about the strength to which people feel specific sectors should be protected, don’t you legitimise the idea that some civilian sectors are acceptable targets for military operations?
Mat > On 15 Nov 2017, at 13:42, Bill Woodcock <[email protected]> wrote: > > One of PCH’s long-term efforts has been to encourage governments to restrict > their use of offensive cyber attacks against civilian networks. We've > successfully gotten that effort out of the U.N., where it was floundering, > and into a well-supported stand-alone commission. It’s being taken seriously > by governments, and will be one of the main topics under discussion at the > Global Conference on Cyberspace in Delhi next week. > > The work has been divided into two working-groups: one is addressing the > question of what a norm should say (i.e. “Governments shouldn’t cyber-attack > X”). The other is addressing the question of what infrastructures should be > protected (i.e. what is the X that shouldn’t be attacked). I’m chairing that > second working group. The main thing we’re delivering in Delhi is the result > of a survey of what infrastructure people think should be protected. That > survey is still open, and we’d like as many people to respond as possible. > So, please consider doing so. It’ll only take a couple of minutes, and it’s > a critical part of an admittedly very lengthy process to make your life > easier. > > https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/criticalinfrastructure > > Much appreciated, > > -Bill > > > > > Links in case you want to pursue further reading on the things I’ve mentioned > above: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eligible_Receiver_97 > > > https://lawfareblog.com/un-gge-failed-international-law-cyberspace-doomed-well > > https://cyberstability.org/about/ > > https://gccs2017.in > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Conference_on_CyberSpace
