A Comparative Study of Domestic Laws Constraining Private Sector Active Defense Measures in Cyberspace

The U.S. private sector is under attack in cyberspace. An increasingly mainstream national security argument calls for amending U.S. law to permit private sector actors, either by themselves or under government supervision, to take so-called ﾓactive defenseﾔ measuresﾗtechnical measures that fall in the grey zone between passive network defenses and aggressive offense. This essay identifies and surveys the relevant laws of twenty countries with large and technologically innovative private sectors. As the U.S. government considers how best to protect U.S. private industry, this "map" informs the options on the table for a holistic review and response to the problem.

Grantor dc:publisher

Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Corcoran, Brian D.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Goldsmith, Jack

Statement dc:rights

• This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10945/63205

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/63205