Open-Ended Working Group
The Open-Ended Working Group on Security of and in the use of Information and Communications Technologies (OEWG) is a working group formed in the United Nations to understand and regulate the use of cyberattacks and the cyberspace behaviors of states in relation to maintaining international peace and security.[1]
History
The groundwork for this working group's focus on cybersecurity was shephereded by the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts (UN GGE) beginning in 2004. The General Assembly adopted resolution 75/240 on December 31, 2020, establishing the OEWG with a mandate from 2021 through 2025.[2]