Microsoft calls for a ‘Digital Geneva Convention’
Feb14
A Microsoft executive is calling for rules to police cyberattacks carried out by governments. On the Microsoft blog, company president Brad Smith outlines a potential treaty of rules against cyber threats. He believes a treaty and a neutral officiating body would hold governments of the world responsible when cyberattacks are committed: We need a Digital Geneva Convention that will commit governments to implement the norms needed to protect civilians on the internet in times of peace. The Geneva Conventions are treaties created after World War II to establish rules barring extremes of armed conflict. Violating the treaties is classified as a war crime.…
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