Cyberweapons Treaties Might Help Prevent Cyberwar

26 October 2011 | 09:55 AM ET | Paul Wagenseil, SecurityNewsDaily Managing Editor

MIAMI — At the Hacker Halted cybersecurity conference here yesterday (Oct. 25), BT chief security technology officer Bruce Schneier suggested that international cyberweapons treaties might lessen the chance of a real cyberwar.

"We're in the early years of a cyberwar arms race," said Schneier in his keynote address. "This is dangerous. The cyberweapons could go off accidentally, and right now they're controlled at a rather low level in the military hierarchy. You don't want some colonel starting a war."

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