NORM PACKAGE SINGAPORE
CONTENTS
1. Explanation of the Norm Package and Focus of the GCSC
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2. Norm to Avoid Tampering 8
“State and non-state actors should not tamper with products and services in
development and production, nor allow them to be tampered with, if doing so
may substantially impair the stability of cyberspace.”
3. Norm Against Commandeering of ICT Devices into Botnets
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“State and non-state actors should not commandeer others’ ICT resources for
use as botnets or for similar purposes.”
4. Norm for States to Create a Vulnerability Equities Process
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“States should create procedurally transparent frameworks to assess whether
and when to disclose not publicly known vulnerabilities or flaws they are aware of
in information systems and technologies. The default presumption should be in
favor of disclosure.”
5. Norm to Reduce and Mitigate Significant Vulnerabilities
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“Developers and producers of products and services on which the stability of
cyberspace depends should prioritize security and stability, take reasonable
steps to ensure that their products or services are free from significant
vulnerabilities, take measures to timely mitigate vulnerabilities that are later
discovered and to be transparent about their process. All actors have a duty
to share information on vulnerabilities in order to help prevent or mitigate
malicious cyber activity.”
6. Norm on Basic Cyber Hygiene as Foundational Defense
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“States should enact appropriate measures, including laws and regulations, to
ensure basic cyber hygiene.”
7. Norm Against Offensive Cyber Operations by Non-State Actors
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“Non-state actors should not engage in offensive cyber operations and state
actors should prevent and respond to such activities if they occur.”
8. GCSC Membership 20
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