Developing Cyber Peacekeeping: Observation, Monitoring and Reporting

TL;DR

This paper explores the development of cyber peacekeeping activities such as observation, monitoring, and reporting, proposing practical approaches and discussing challenges in establishing cyber ceasefire oversight with potential solutions like virtual collaborative environments.

Contribution

It advances cyber peacekeeping by detailing operational steps, challenges, and proposing a virtual environment for effective cyber conflict monitoring and reporting.

Findings

Proposed a scenario for cyber ceasefire monitoring

Identified key challenges in cyber peacekeeping operations

Suggested virtual collaborative environments as a solution

Abstract

Cyber peacekeeping is an emerging and multi-disciplinary field of research, touching upon technical, political and societal domains of thought. In this article we build upon previous works by developing the cyber peacekeeping activity of observation, monitoring and reporting. We take a practical approach: describing a scenario in which two countries request UN support in drawing up and overseeing a ceasefire which includes cyber terms. We explore how a cyber peacekeeping operation could start up and discuss the challenges it will face. The article makes a number of proposals, including the use of a virtual collaborative environment to bring multiple benefits. We conclude by summarising our findings, and describing where further work lies.