Influencing and Exploiting Behavioral Norms in Cyberspace to Promote Ethical and Moral Conduct of Cyberwarfare.

摘要

The United States military is committed to conduct warfare within certain ethical and moral limits, generally defined by the law of armed conflict and other domestic and international laws. The law of armed conflict is the product of centuries of custom, treaties, and reciprocity in warfare and it provides a basis for the limits of cyberwarfare. However, applying these limits in cyberspace is complicated, because actors are notoriously anonymous, civilian and military infrastructure is intertwined, cyber sovereignty has not been defined, and assessing the impact of cyberattacks is exceedingly difficult. This paper explores the interaction of the principles of the law of armed conflict- military necessity, humanity, proportionality, distinction, chivalry, and neutrality with cyberspace behavioral norms- access and connectivity, trust and security, privacy and anonymity, monitoring and control- and suggests avenues to influence and exploit these norms to facilitate ethical and moral conduct of cyberwarfare.