The United States and China have participated in informal bilateral discussions about restricting the use of online attacks, better crisis communication and mitigating the risk of attacks by third parties. Still, there is one issue notably missing from the dialog: any agreement on limiting cyber-espionage.
Organized by the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the discussions brought together members of other think tanks as well as government officials to highlight problems the nations continue to have in cyber-space. The groups agreed that restricting the use of attack programs in cyber-space?a.k.a., "cyber-weapons"?and cooperating more fully to secure cyber-space were both in their nations' interests, but acknowledged that there were significant hurdles to working together, said Adam Segal, senior fellow for China studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
"The fact that the meeting happened and that the Chinese delegation was fairly large all point to the fact that both governments see this as an increasing threat and the Chinese see themselves as increasingly vulnerable," said Segal in an interview Aug. 14. "Everyone realizes that there is no domestic or one-party solution?that it has to be collaborative?and that means cooperating with people who are also your competitors at times."
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Source: Robert Lemos, eWeek.com
Source: http://www.dfinews.com/news/us-china-talks-address-cyber-weapons-not-cyber-spying
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