“We need a kind of World Health Organization for the Internet,” [Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer for Microsoft] said.

“When there is a pandemic, it organizes the quarantine of cases. We are not allowed to organize the systematic quarantine of machines that are compromised.”

He also called for a “driver’s license” for internet users.

“If you want to drive a car you have to have a license to say that you are capable of driving a car, the car has to pass a test to say it is fit to drive and you have to have insurance.”

Andre Kudelski, chairman of Kudelski Group, said that a new internet might have to be created forcing people to have two computers that cannot connect and pass on viruses. “One internet for secure operations and one internet for freedom.”¹

1. rawstory.com – UN agency calls for global cyberwarfare treaty, ‘driver’s license’ for Web users / via David Kramer – Licensed to Surf [↩]