Government officials are looking to the federal regulatory process as one possible tool to compel other nations to practice norms of good behavior in cyberspace and to punish nations that step out of bounds, a State Department official told Nextgov.
The official declined to specify how the U.S. might use existing regulations or the federal rulemaking process to punish specific nations, saying those determinations would be made on a case by case basis.
“There are a lot of regulatory interactions with the U.S. government that could potentially be used in creative ways,” the official said.