Semi-state actors in cybersecurity / Florian J. Egloff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Egloff, Florian J. (Florian Johannes), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer crimes.

Cyberspace operations (Military science).

Non-state actors (International relations).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Semi-State Actors in Cybersecurity is a historical interpretation of the politics of cybersecurity. Drawing on a historical analogy to pirates, privateers, and mercantile companies, Florian J. Egloff examines the political constitution of cybercrime, state-sponsored hackers, and large technology companies, and what their co-presence means for national and international security. Moreover, Egloff shows how semi-state actors are historically and contemporarily linked to understandings of statehood, sovereignty, and the legitimacy of the state.

Contents:

Using a historical analogy as a research strategy: histories of the sea and cyberspace, comparison, and locating the analogy in time

History of the loosely governed sea between the 16th-19th century: from the age of privateering to its abolition

Brief history of cyberspace: origins and development of (in-)security in cyberspace

The sea and cyberspace: comparison and analytical lines of inquiry applying the analogy to cybersecurity

Cyber pirates and privateers: state proxies, criminals, and independent patriotic hackers

Cyber mercantile companies conflict and cooperation.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-757931-0

0-19-757929-9

0-19-757930-2