Global Information Warfare, 2nd Edition

32 ◾ Global Information Warfare: The New Digital Battleeld

participation in international telecommunications and information exchange sys-

tems would not be possible “without the comprehensive resolution of the problems

of information security.”

is publication shows that the requirement for information security, or net-

work defense, was understood from a very early stage in the development of the

Internet.

Since 1998, Russia has regularly introduced a resolution at the United Nations

(UN) calling for an international agreement to combat “information terrorism.”

e Russian leadership are concerned that the Internet potentially makes it very

easy for people to communicate and that a foreign government could use the

Internet to challenge another ...