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The need for an international instrument
Cyberspace can be increasingly considered as a global economic and mili-
tary battleground, where all kind of cybercon icts can arise, re ecting every
kind of political and economic competition. Thus, it is time to de ne what is
acceptable or not on a common and approved basis and to set up an effective
international instrument for controlling this. Without a common understand-
ing and an international agreement, it will be impossible to set up effective
security measures to correctly protect ICT resources (including critical infor-
mation ...