Microsoft president calls for Digital Geneva Convention

Microsoft president and CLO Brad Smith has called for a Digital Geneva Convention, outlining six rules to be included, calling the current situation ‘a growing problem in need of new solutions’. He called on both governments and the private sector to do more in the area of cybersecurity, and suggested that a trusted and neutral ‘Digital Switzerland’ could assist in this endeavour. This came alongside his presentation at the RSA conference in San Francisco on 14 February. In a similar, but unrelated post, Scott Shackelford, Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University, asks Should cybersecurity be a human right? Both posts emphasise the involvement of International and Digital Geneva as a centre for UN efforts to ensure global cybersecurity.