Is the UK Approach to Security a Pathfinder?
March 4, 2018
The United States Government may face a dilemma. Citizens want the Internet to be safer and more accurate. However, the government wants those citizens to solve that problem themselves. The idea of government policing of the internet upsets a lot of folks. However, maybe there is a way to make everyone happy. The United Kingdom thinks it has the solution for government internet policing, as we learned from a recent GCN article, “How the UK Created Her Majesty’s Cyber Service.”
According to the story, one of the many elements of this plan, include:
“DMARC deployment in the public sector, which will make it more expensive or riskier for attackers to spoof messages that appear to come from the government. Getting all government domains to use Domain-Based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance will demonstrate that the technology can be implemented at scale.”
However, it’ll be worth watching how these good intentions play out. Vietnam recently attempted to employ a similar internet policing strategy. Instead of employing a Great Firewall like China, the nation attempted has tried to respond when issues arise…and that’s not good. The Vietnamese government is unable to respond fast enough and the Washington Post is wondering whether their internet could actually fail. Strange crossroads many are at and worth monitoring.
What may be instructive is the UK’s approach. The Guardian story “MI5 Agents Can Commit Crime in UK, Government Reveals” indicates that Britain is making “exceptions” in order to fight crime. Which threat is larger: Criminals or legal authorities?
Patrick Roland, March 4, 2018
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