Jack L. Goldsmith, Opinion, Can We Stop the Cyber Arms Race, Wash.
The world does not need a cyber arms race.
Jack Goldsmith - Can we stop the global cyber arms race?
Can we stop the global cyber arms race?
Limnéll J (2016) The cyber arms race is accelerating: what are the consequences?
A cyber arms race is getting under way, and it is escalating, as the tools needed to deploy weaponized cyber attacks spread around the world.
"This officially signals the beginning of the cyber arms race in practice and not in theory," Rohozinski said.
To avoid a global cyber arms race, a new body of international treaties should be created to limit these kinds of activities.
This awareness, along with our vulnerability to cyberattacks, fuels a dangerous public and private cyber arms race in an arena where the offense already has a natural advantage.
While American and South Korean officials often express outrage about North Korea's cyberactivities, they rarely talk about their own — and whether that helps fuel the cyber arms race.
Given the risks, there is a growing pressure to engage in a cyber arms race, a generational effort to meet force with force that would, no doubt, enrich some members of the national-security industry.
