
The Security of Self
A Human-Centric Approach to Cybersecurity
University of Ottawa Press
Will be published approx. on 25. November 2025
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-7766-4561-2 (ISBN)
Description
Cybersecurity is a powerful concept often examined through the lens of national security and organizational risks. It however demands a deeper understanding to empower our societies--and ourselves--to thrive in the digital context.
This edited collection explores a new approach to human-centric cybersecurity: the security of self. It invites a paradigm shift where cybersecurity's core purpose is to protect people--and society--from harm, and where empowering individual and collective rights defines what it means to provide a secure cyber environment.
With a distinct Canadian focus, and case studies spanning the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, virtual reality and social media, this collection charts a path forward for cybersecurity, grounded in law, policy and practices that advance the security of self. This collection serves as a valuable resource for researchers, policymakers, regulators and individuals seeking to understand and shape the future of human-centric cybersecurity.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
507 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7766-4561-2 (9780776645612)
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Emily B. Laidlaw is the Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity Law and an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary. She is also a Senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation. She researches at the intersection of technology regulation, cybersecurity, human rights and corporate governance. She actively contributes to law reform with recent projects on online harms, mis- and disinformation, defamation law, and intimate image abuse. At present, with funding from the National Cybersecurity Consortium, she co-leads a research project on protecting democracy from cyber threats, and a training grant in cybersecurity law.
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