The UN Struggles to Make Progress on Securing Cyberspace
UN member states have attempted to devise rules for state behavior in cyberspace. Yet disagreements have hampered those efforts, and the root causes of cyber instability remain.
Justin Lau is a research assistant at the Citizen Lab, based at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, and a student in the Munk School’s master of global affairs program.
UN member states have attempted to devise rules for state behavior in cyberspace. Yet disagreements have hampered those efforts, and the root causes of cyber instability remain.