U.S. Running Out Of Allies On Cyber Battlefield

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http://www.darkreading.com/us-running-out-of-allies-on-cyber-battle/240166204

By Sara Peters
Dark Reading
February 19, 2014

International cyber policy and enforcement and ownership over the Internet 
are all thorny topics, particularly since the Edward Snowden leaks. All of 
these subjects will be tackled at the RSA Conference next week in a panel 
discussion titled "Cyber Battle: The Future of Conflict."

Outdated extradition treaties are not prepared to deal with the borderless 
realm of the Internet. Although there are rules about international 
airspace and international waters, there is no defined international 
cyberspace. Without discrete laws to be enforced, cybercrime 
investigations and prosecutions rely less upon a set of established 
directives and more upon an international spirit of cooperation.

Yet recent events have disturbed that spirit of cooperation. Dmitri 
Alperovitch, panel moderator and co-founder and CTO of CrowdStrike, says 
that while the U.S.'s traditional allies are publicly taking a stand 
against American spying, unofficially they're much more understanding and 
less surprised.

However, says Alperovitch, the Snowden scandal has increased the "lack of 
trust from the rest of the world in the continued U.S. leadership of the 
Internet."

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