Microsoft calls for a ‘Digital Geneva Convention’

A Microsoft executive is calling for rules to police cyberattacks carried out by governments. On the Microsoft blog, company president Brad Smith outlines a potential treaty of rules against cyber threats. He believes a treaty and a neutral officiating body would hold governments of the world responsible when cyberattacks are committed: We need a Digital Geneva Convention that will commit governments to implement the norms needed to protect civilians on the internet in times of peace. The