... of cyberattacks and
imposed new restrictive measures
as early as April 2021, it has taken a more differentiated approach. In May,
amid the attack on
Colonial Pipeline
that sparked a regional fuel crisis on the U.S. East Coast, American officials suggested that the miscreants might be based in Russia, while stressing that they did not believe the Russian government was involved. President Biden informed on his contacts with Moscow about the incident, in effect offering to discuss cooperation on ...
... Department of Homeland Security’s US–CERT. However, the sides still harbor their concerns, pointing to the fact that there is room for cooperation to be fostered and enhanced. For example, most attacks on Russian infrastructure in 2020, the NCIRCC suggests, were carried out from the United States, Germany and the Netherlands. By the same token, the Western media continues to level mostly unsubstantiated accusations against Russia for its supposed involvement in cyberattacks, while cyber defence activities have become overly politicized.
Meaningful interaction, once it produces positive results, facilitates an atmosphere of trust between the parties, opening ...
... recent agreement through negotiations of the UN Open Ended Working Group is a positive step forward, in spite of the global trend towards escalating tensions, especially those between Russia, China and the U.S.
We have two negotiating platforms, the GGE and the OEWG. What do you think about such co-existence?
We appreciate the history and the genesis of these two parallel processes, however, I should say it is now time that we combined the two formats to create a single negotiating forum under the ...
... agenda of the UN and other international platforms.
In late 2018, truly important steps were taken to bolster international information security. In particular, the global community realized the need to re-launch the UN Group of Governmental Experts (UN GGE), the principal multilateral venue for information security talks, which in 2017 found itself at an impasse due to disagreements among its members. Now, though, there will be two groups…
A/RES/73/27 and A/RES/73/266
Maria Smekalova:
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