Fourteen governments adopt first guidelines for commercial hacking firms
Original title: Britain, France set out first guidelines for commercial hacking firms
The non-binding Pall Mall rules ask vendors to vet customers and halt sales when misuse is a credible risk.
Fourteen governments in the Britain- and France-led Pall Mall Process adopted their first guidelines for businesses that develop, sell or finance commercial cyber intrusion capabilities. The voluntary text asks companies to vet customers, add safeguards against misuse, monitor and report abuses, and stop sales when serious misuse is a credible risk. There are no penalties; pressure is expected from governments that buy the tools and license exports. Named endorsers include the United Kingdom, France, the United States, Germany, Italy and Japan.
Unconfirmed: It is not stated why 15 participating countries did not endorse the new guidelines.
- Forty-three countries attended; fewer than half endorsed the guidelines.
- The text does not create new international legal obligations.
- Twenty-seven countries have signed an earlier government code of practice.
- It is not clear why the other 15 participants did not endorse the code.
- Organizations
- Pall Mall Process
From the original article
2 min read at therecord.mediaThe guidelines call on businesses that develop, sell or finance CCICs to vet their customers, establish technical safeguards against misuse and to maintain systems for monitoring and reporting abuses.
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