ABSTRACT
The behavior of nation states, entities, and individuals in cyberspace is guided by peacetime norms—whether legal, policy, ethical, habit, or other. In order for cybersecurity measures to be practical and justifiable, they must respect and engage with existing norms of behavior and those being developed specifically for cyberspace. At the same time, however, the terrains offered by cyberspace force us to reflect on and evaluate those norms with respect to government policy and statecraft. This chapter covers a range of descriptive and proscriptive points of investigation to gain a deeper and broader understanding of just what norms of behavior exist in cyberspace, to ask what norms should exist and to test what impacts the ever-evolving terrain of cyberspace has on those norms.
