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All in all, there has been little progress to close the air-gap between defining sinister cyber
activity and the necessary policy to mitigate its use. Whilst NATO’s move to amend and
incorporate cyber into Article 5 is welcome, governments, en masse, remain apathetic to deal
with the accumulation of technology that is utilised/weaponised. Consequently, individuals such
as Kaspersky are left burdened with the responsibility for sounding this clarion call.

Nation states must register this increasing threat and engage with vigour. It requires very little
international drive to table a motion that designates the limits of sinister cyber utility.
Governments must act now and establish quantifiable restrictions - let’s get on with it!

About the Author

Ash J. Hunt is a researcher on transnational cyber policy. He
has authored several articles and publications including the
paper ‘Cyber - a real and present danger’. In 2013, he was the
sole British delegate to the UN Conference on the
Development of Communication and Technology Policies. He
has also worked for the Under-Secretary of State, Lord Astor,
the Ministry of Defence and the Cabinet Office.

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