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Date: Fri Nov 12 2010 - 02:28:29 CST

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http://news.techworld.com/security/3248209/nato-clause-v-could-deter-cyberattack-says-defence-minister/

By John E Dunn
Techworld
10 November 10

Cyberattacks should be subject to the same laws, treaties and
international conventions as in the physical world, UK defence minister
Nick Harvey has said in a Chatham House speech which laid down an
important new marker in government attitudes.

Harvey’s speech sounds a warning that as far as the UK is concerned the
gloves are about to come off. States will not be allowed to get away
with overtly or covertly sponsoring cyberwarfare without the fear of a
political response.

In Harvey’s view, the UK and its allies should find ways to apply
principles such as NATO’s mutual defence pact, Article V, to acts of
aggression in cyberspace. This would apply the concept of deterrence,
something that was currently almost non-existent in Internet policy.

“I would argue that the established laws governing the use of force and
the conduct of hostilities are equally applicable to cyberspace as they
are to traditional domains,” said Harvey.

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