Accession Number:

AD1018569

Title:

Resistance Is Not Futile: The Case Against a Cyber Arms Treaty

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

Air War College Air University Maxwell AFB United States

Personal Author(s):

• Rogers,Kristine M.

Report Date:

2010-10-17

Pagination or Media Count:

25.0

Abstract:

An inherently flexible medium, cyberspace is controlled more by market forces and popular trends than by formal regulation attempts. Cyberspace is a medium so integrated with modern life that in a growing number of countries it serves as a foundation for many capabilitiesincluding critical infrastructures. Given the lack of security built into the framework of the Internet, it is no surprise that highly connected nation statesthose with a heavy reliance on cyber integrated into their critical infrastructuresfear cyber weapons. As a result, nation states desire to impose limits on development of cyber weapons. Since the late 1990s, some states have lobbied for an international cyber arms treaty.

Descriptors:

• computer network security
• cyberattacks
• international law
• arms control treaties
• information operations
• international security
• agreements
• military capabilities
• information assurance
• computer access control
• software tools

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE