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Attribution, say security experts, will not only help fight cyber crime, but also rein in the global cyber arms proliferation. I hope we don’t need a catastrophe to wake up to the necessity of reining in cyber arms proliferation,” said Ms.
Douzet. Frederick Douzet, Castex-Chair of Cyber Strategy, Institute of National Defense Studies, Paris, said that at least 30 countries today boast of offensive cyber capabilities. The debate on cyber arms increasingly resembles the gun control debate, she pointed out..
“Attribution and accountability are key to rein in the cyber arms race and proliferation. One American intelligence report from 2013 talks of how one of their cyber weapons helped Iran learn from them and improve their cyber offensive,” she said..