Working Towards Rules for Governing Cyber Conflict: Rendering the Geneva & Hague Conventions in Cyber Conflict

Presents five recommendations for chartering international policy in governing cyber conflict. Recommendations include bilateral and multilateral untangling of how cyberspace fits into the Geneva Convention; assess "benefits and feasability of special markers" for cyberspace areas protected by Conventions and Protocols of War; recognizes that "cyber warriors" can be non-state actors; determine if cyber weapons are analagous to previous banned weapons and consider recognizing "other-than-war" mode of Conventions and Protocols of War. References the laws of conflict per the Geneva and Hague Conventions and urges the development of a new international accord concerning the laws of cyber warfare. Introduces the idea that present policy makers and researchers have a responsibility to future generations to draft a cyber law pact to ensure their security, stability, and prosperity. Concludes that a guideline or set of “rules of the road” for governing cyber conflict are essentially nonexistent at this time, and action needs to be taken to remedy this concern.