Fresh Tracks for cybersecurity policy laterals

This paper submits that the conventional paradigm of Track 1 and Track 2 laterals is insufficient for addressing the growing needs for sound international policies for cybersecurity. The rapidly growing gap between technology advances and policy deployment for cyberspace is evidence of the failure of this approach. Analysis of the nature of the problem suggests that a substantially more active role of the private sector is required to close this gap. In particular, private sector organizations that are buffered from commercial interests are uniquely equipped to make a much-needed difference. Statistics of international policy breakthroughs achieved by a neutral philanthropy are provided as evidence of the potential of new approaches. The paper concludes in proposing a new, optimized architecture for lateral tracks, introducing Track κ, Track ε, Track φ for government, business and philanthropy, respectively.