Cybersecurity is a growing concern in the global marketplace. International arbitration practitioners share this concern in part  because international commercial arbitration is founded on the principle of confidentiality, and cybersecurity breaches threaten that assurance. In response to this growing risk, the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) has collaborated with the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR) and the New York State Bar (NYB) to create a Draft Cybersecurity Protocol — a copy of which can be found HERE.

The Draft Cybersecurity Protocol provides a framework for parties (and tribunals) to assess the level of cybersecurity needed for a given dispute […]