Review Cyberthreats and International Law [Review of: G. Kerschischnig (2012) Cyberthreats and International Law]

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Abstract

We all experience daily the benefits the internet brings us, but in cyberspace, as in life, along with the good comes the bad.
Some users are insulted on social media, others are swindled in online marketplaces, and spam, viruses and worms exist in
large numbers. The latter are commonly headed under the term ‘threats’, and where the internet is used as the medium, they
are labelled ‘cyberthreats’.
Both the internet’s infrastructure and applications have vulnerabilities as it was not developed to be secure. Ironically, what
began as a military network did not contain any security measures—they were not needed back then, because the internet
was meant to serve as a closed system. This historical background must be kept in mind when discussing cyberthreats, which
are inherent features of the internet.
This book could serve as an introduction to the topic of cyberthreats and international law. The list of references in this book
is impressive and includes, inter alia, scholarly work, policy documents, and popular media. The layout does not particularly
help the reader to browse quickly through the references, but it at least forces the reader to go through it carefully. The last
chapter, Outlook (p 309-311), includes some interesting observations. In particular, the author states that there is still a lot of
work to be done in this field, a notion with which I could not agree more
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)106-108
JournalUtrecht Law Review
Publication statusPublished - 2013

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