Carnegie’s Cyber Policy Initiative aims to contribute to international cybersecurity norms. This includes our Cyber Norms Index and Timeline in partnership with the United Nations and additional related research and policy papers available on this website. We also engage with governments and commercial actors to shape and promote feasible norms.
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This web based index and timeline of cyber norms agreements provide easy tools for tracking and comparing the specific language that states have proposed or agreed to in multilateral outcome documents dating back to 2007.
This web based index and timeline of cyber norms agreements provide easy tools for tracking and comparing the specific language that states have proposed or agreed to in multilateral outcome documents dating back to 2007.
A 90 minute video providing and introduction and historical background to the international cyber norms discussion.
A 90 minute video providing and introduction and historical background to the international cyber norms discussion.
A short primer on the concept of norms. This brief describes what is (and what is not) a norm, where they come from and how they spread, and how they relate to other policy instruments.
A short primer on the concept of norms. This brief describes what is (and what is not) a norm, where they come from and how they spread, and how they relate to other policy instruments.
As states give increased attention to the governance of cyberspace (the technical architecture that allows the global internet to function) and governance in cyberspace (how states, industry, and users may use this technology), the role of international law in the cyber context has gained increasing prominence.
In September 2015, a bilateral summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and then U.S. president Barack Obama laid the foundation for an international norm against cyber- enabled theft of intellectual property for commercial gain.
What are the ‘rules of the road’ for cyberspace, and who sets them? The question has risen in prominence and priority as cyber threats have grown more severe. A lack of clarity about acceptable behavior enables destabilizing cyber activity.
Join Carnegie's Cyber Policy Initiative for a discussion of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission’s forthcoming report, focusing on the international dimensions of its recommendations for a comprehensive national strategy for defending American interests and values in cyberspace.
Hackers targeting financial institutions have exposed the vulnerability of the global financial system, highlighting the need for businesses and the government to better protect against these cyber threats.
Three potential paths have emerged for future efforts to develop norms for state behavior in cyberspace.
Efforts to promote international norms for cyberspace are more likely to succeed if their advocates clearly grasp and convey to other actors how norms tend to function in different global contexts.
Identifying legal norms that apply in cyberspace remains challenging. The collapse of the 5th UN Group of Governmental Experts shows the difficulty states have in agreeing on principles such as the right of self-defense in cyberspace and international humanitarian law during armed conflict.
The G20 should commit not to manipulate the integrity of data and algorithms of financial institutions and to cooperate when such incidents occur.
At a moment of uncertainty and unease in global politics and economics, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble will offer his thoughts on the future of Europe, the transatlantic partnership, and the global economy, as well as preview the priorities of the Germany G20 presidency.
