What Is Cybersecurity For?
1st Edition
Published on 28. March 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
158 pages
978-1-5292-2695-9 (ISBN)
Description
How will protecting our digital infrastructure shape our future?
Cybersecurity is one of the key practical and political challenges of our time. It is at the heart of how modern societies survive and thrive, yet public understanding is still rudimentary: media portrayals of hoodie-wearing hackers accessing the Pentagon don't convey its complexity or significance to contemporary life.
This book addresses this gap, showing that the political dimension is as important as the technological one. It accessibly explains the complexities of global information systems, the challenges of providing security to users, societies, states and the international system, and the multitude of competing players and ambitions in this arena.
Making the case for understanding it not only as a technical project, but as a crucial political one that links competing visions of what cybersecurity is for, it tackles the ultimate question: how can we do it better?
Cybersecurity is one of the key practical and political challenges of our time. It is at the heart of how modern societies survive and thrive, yet public understanding is still rudimentary: media portrayals of hoodie-wearing hackers accessing the Pentagon don't convey its complexity or significance to contemporary life.
This book addresses this gap, showing that the political dimension is as important as the technological one. It accessibly explains the complexities of global information systems, the challenges of providing security to users, societies, states and the international system, and the multitude of competing players and ambitions in this arena.
Making the case for understanding it not only as a technical project, but as a crucial political one that links competing visions of what cybersecurity is for, it tackles the ultimate question: how can we do it better?
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
6 s/w Abbildungen, 2 s/w Tabellen
2 Tables, black and white; 6 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
166 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5292-2695-9 (9781529226959)
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What Is Cybersecurity For?
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Bristol University Press
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Tim Stevens is Reader in International Security at the Department of War Studies, King's College London. He has published widely on the politics of cybersecurity, cyberwarfare and cyber conflict, and the relationship between technology and global security in academic articles, edited volumes, and has written or edited four books. He is also editor of the book series Critical Issues in Digital Security and Society.
Content
1. Introduction: A 'Wicked Problem'
2. How Did We Get Here?
3. Cybersecurity, Cyber Risk
4. States and Markets
5. International Cybersecurity
6. Cybersecurity and Human Security
7. Conclusion: A Global Conversation
2. How Did We Get Here?
3. Cybersecurity, Cyber Risk
4. States and Markets
5. International Cybersecurity
6. Cybersecurity and Human Security
7. Conclusion: A Global Conversation