Cyber Security Politics

Abstract

This book examines new and challenging political aspects of cyber security and presents it as an issue defined by socio-technological uncertainty and political fragmentation.Structured along two broad themes and providing empirical examples for how socio-technical changes and political responses interact, the first part of the book looks at the current use of cyberspace in conflictual settings, while the second focuses on political responses by state and non-state actors in an environment defined by uncertainties. Within this, it highlights four key debates that encapsulate the complexities and paradoxes of cyber security politics from a Western perspective -how much political influence states can achieve via cyber operations and what context factors condition the (limited) strategic utility of such operations; the role of emerging digital technologies and how the dynamics of the tech innovation process reinforce the fragmentation of the governance space; how states attempt to uphold stability in cyberspace and, more generally, in their strategic relations; and how the shared responsibility of state, economy, and society for cyber security continues to be re-negotiated in an increasingly transsectoral and transnational governance space. This book will be of much interest to students of cyber security, global governance, technology studies, and international relations.

Navigating cyber resilience in seaports: challenges of preparing for cyberattacks at the Port of Rotterdam

“…At the same time, these scholars have identified persistent ambiguity with regard to the parameters for this type of partnership and questioned to what extent the state should be abdicating authority and responsibility to private organizations (Carr, 2016; Dunn-Cavelty and Suter, 2009). In addition, building cyber resilience for CI systems takes place in a context of limited knowledge (Dunn-Cavelty and Wenger, 2022; Egloff, 2020). So far, few studies have analyzed the collective activities needed for building cyber resilience in seaports and the governance challenges that come with preparing for cyberattacks (van Eeten, 2017).…”

“…We explore the governance of cyberattacks in seaports, taking the Port of Rotterdam (PoR) as a case study. We assume that building cyber resilience in seaports is a complex governance task because capacities to deal with cyberattacks lie with a broad range of stakeholders and institutions across policy levels and infrastructure domains (Carr and Lesniewska, 2020; Kuerbis and Badiei, 2017), and decisions about cyber resilience are made in a context of limited knowledge and socio-political ambiguity (Dunn-Cavelty and Wenger, 2022; Egloff, 2020). In risk governance debates, dimensions of distributed responsibilities and uncertainty and ambiguity are used to investigate the complexity of governing risks (Klinke and Renn, 2012; Renn et al , 2020).…”

“…In risk governance debates, dimensions of distributed responsibilities and uncertainty and ambiguity are used to investigate the complexity of governing risks (Klinke and Renn, 2012; Renn et al , 2020). By developing a conceptual framework based on these insights and modifying and applying it to investigate the challenges of governing cyber risks in seaports (Dunn-Cavelty and Wenger, 2022; Egloff, 2020), we investigate how to govern seaports toward enhanced cyber resilience.…”

A Blockchain Footprint for Authentication of IoT-Enabled Smart Devices in Smart Cities: State-of-the-Art Advancements, Challenges and Future Research Directions

“…It can lead to serious consequences such as distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS). The other types of attacks may be similar attacks, i.e., trojan attacks [32]- [34], worm attacks [17], [35], [36], Denial-of-Service attacks (DoS) [3], [19], [34], [37], or data can be spoofed by Man-in-the-middle attacks (MITM) [3], [4], Meet-in-the-middle attacks (MeetITM) [38], and repudiation attacks [39] while one-way encryption schemes are best suited to hinder the attack vector [30], [40]- [42].…”

A Comparative Analysis on Blockchain versus Centralized Authentication Architectures for IoT-Enabled Smart Devices in Smart Cities: A Comprehensive Review, Recent Advances, and Future Research Directions

“…At the same time, it exists in different forms such as blackhole, teardrop, etc. [ 12 , 14 , 33 , 36 ].…”