UAE calls for ‘Cyber Geneva Convention’ to treat major cyberattacks as acts of war
The UAE has called for a new international “Cyber Geneva Convention” to establish rules for cyberwarfare and recognise major attacks on critical digital infrastructure as acts of war, as artificial intelligence increasingly compresses the time available to respond to threats. “Now we need that cyber-Geneva convention to help many states build up their investments and to that digitisation's aspect to really ensure, is that any attack.
According to Khaleej Times · Technology, Dr Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, Head of the UAE Cyber Security Council, said there had been several initiatives at the United Nations to establish such a framework, but no convention currently exists.
Closer cyber and air-defence cooperation among Gulf countries The discussion then turned to whether the lessons from recent attacks could be shared across the Gulf, including through closer cooperation on cyber and air defence.
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