From Elizabeth Bell, Hungerford, Berkshire, UK
Your analysis about the situation we all may be facing from cyberweapons gave me much food for thought, particularly concerning the limited efficacy of various governmental and international agencies in dealing with it (9 December 2017, p 22).
The role of international governmental organisations such as NATO and the United Nations will always be key to controlling cyberweapons. However, as these directly threaten the internet and various computer systems, is this perhaps something that might best be solved by major companies such as Microsoft and Google?
I can envisage these companies setting up a joint agency that would hire the very best experts to research weaknesses and threats, and find solutions to those issues that ultimately threaten their customers and therefore their businesses. This agency would avoid sometimes inappropriate and conflicting government agendas.
Government organisations that create and distribute cyberweapons, even accidentally, would have much to fear from such a privately funded agency, which could provide strong independent evidence and advice to NATO, the UN and others.
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I don't generally see corporate agendas as possible routes to salvation, but in this case, they might be.
