Internet Governance in an Age of Cyber InsecurityU.S. interests lie in the continuation of a single, open, globally interconnected network for the free exchange of ideas and the conduct of economic activity. Criminals and rogue nations are threatening that paradigm, exploiting fundamental weaknesses in the architecture of the Internet. Cybersecurity and homeland security expert Robert K. Knake urges the United States to promote its vision for a secure Internet through existing international forums. His report provides a clear statement of U.S. national interest in cyberspace and develops an agenda for promoting it within Internet governance organizations. Knake maintains that the U.S. Department of State must be staffed and funded to coordinate the promotion of this agenda across the federal government with important private sector players. He further recommends the development of a treaty to ban the targeting of civilian infrastructure in cyberspace and the application of diplomatic and economic pressure to expand the number of countries that are party to the existing Convention on Cybercrime. By taking these steps, the United States can help develop both the technical and legal mechanisms to address security concerns in cyberspace while maintaining the vision of a unified, global Internet. |
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... (IETF) and adopted by the technical community on a consensus basis. Recognizing the need for a centralized authority to assign unique name and number identifiers, the Domain Name System was developed in the early 1980s. The role of ...
... A TECHNICAL CHALLENGE TO THE IETF TO DEVELOP SECURE PROTOCOLS The best way to forestall this outcome is to help create a suite of protocols that adequately addresses security concerns without breaking up the Internet or.
... IETF and its members have guided the evolution of the Internet for a generation and should be given the opportunity to address the security deficiencies that plague the current network. In concert with its allies, the U.S. government ...