The best weapon against online thieves, spies and vandals who threaten global enterprises and security would be an international regulation of cyberspace.
Fortunately for them, such cooperation does not yet exist.
Better yet, from the perspective of a hacker, that goal is not a priority for the international community, despite protests by piracy, censorship and cyberspace disputes that star in China and Iran against the U.S. company Google .
The countries are very parochial when it comes to thinking about their safety online to collaborate on the development of a computerized global regulation was heard last week at the security conference of the EastWest Institute.
The policy statements of governments around the world are dominated by the need to increase the national cyber defenses. As a result, cybercriminals are benefiting too.
"Countries are in denial," said the Indian cyber law expert Pavan Duggal told Reuters, noting that national legislation had limited use in protecting users of a tool of communication without borders.
"Maybe a clash of great consequence to wake people from their complacency, something equivalent to 11 September in cyberspace," he said, referring to the coordinated attacks in the United States in 2001.
With a quarter of humanity connected to the Internet, cybercrime is a growing danger for the world economy.
The FBI determined that the losses due to Internet crime in the U.S. totaled $ 264 million in 2008, compared with $ 18 million loss for the same reason in 2001: That's probably only a fraction of the losses caused to businesses and government departments.
The threat extends to many sectors, including the control systems of factories, utilities and oil refining, since many of them are linked to the Internet for convenience and productivity.
A priority for regulators is to find ways to track down criminals across borders and will not go unpunished for their crimes, a difficult task when criminals can use proxy servers to remain anonymous.
"We can not postpone the debate until we are in the midst of a catastrophic cyber attack," said former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff U.S. at the conference.
"We must formulate an international strategy and respond to cyber attacks that parallel the traditional laws governing land, sea and air," he added.
Security experts say the ability to conduct cyber attacks massive disaster is the preserve of some governments, beyond the ability of extremist groups like Al Qaeda fighters.
But you can not assume that international networks of organized crime, who have long practiced the massive online fraud and theft, are not developing an interest in getting this skill.
"Cybercrime is a very sophisticated offense with a sophisticated actors and multinational efforts are needed to ensure that they can enforce the law," said chairman Peter Altabef Dell Services, told Reuters.
James Stikeleather, Dell Chief Technology Services, told Reuters that track criminals across borders could pose legal problems for the drafters of multilateral regulation.
Giving an example, said more firms added technology needed to enable researchers attribute a crime, privacy and anonymity of users is reduced.
"Probably the sticking point of governments will be 'Where is the appropriate level of charges against the anonymity or privacy for what people are doing (online)'" he said.
Datuk Mohamed Noor Amin, chairman of the International Partnership against cyber threats, affiliated to the UN, said the failure to regulate could perpetuate the "failed states" cyber.
He cited the poor countries where customers can purchase unregistered SIM cards with wireless Internet capability, enabling them to commit online crimes such as identity theft people in rich countries without fear of being tracked.
He noted that it is in the interest of rich countries help the poorest developing the ability to track this type of crime because its citizens are the target.
"Governments tend to see only their own interests. But really work is its own interest," he said.
"People think the internet is an integral part of each country. They do not focus on cyber security and is playing with fire," he added.
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