A panel of experts is publishing a first-of-its-kind rulebook on cyberwarfare, a manual aimed at applying the venerable practice of international law to the emerging field of military hacking.<\/p>\n
The officers and academics behind the Tallinn Manual – so-called because it was devised in the Estonian capital – say they aren’t proposing new rules to govern the world’s rapidly expanding electronic armies.<\/p>\n
Instead they argue that laws protecting neutral nations and civilians apply in cyberspace just as they do on the traditional battlefield.<\/p>\n
U.S. Naval War College Professor Michael Schmidt says the manual provides guidance for military leaders considering how to wage war online.<\/p>\n
The manual is an unofficial document, but academics say it could provide important guidance as militaries across the world update their rulebooks for the information age.<\/p>\n
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