Towards a values-based European foreign policy to cybersecurity

Schaake, Marietje; Vermeulen, Mathias

doi:10.1080/23738871.2016.1157617

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“…Therefore, two interrelated norms that follow from this principle are first, that cybersecurity measures should not undermine fundamental rights and freedoms and second, that the violation of human rights online, such as, for example, internet censorship and the suppression of the freedom of expression, is not acceptable. Particular emphasis is placed on the freedom of expression and the free flow of information (Schaake and Vermeulen 2016). The Council of the EU has adopted the 'EU Guidelines on Freedom of Expression Online and Offline' and one of the aims of the US-EU Cyber Dialogue is the close coordination of the EU and US policies on the promotion and protection of human rights online in international forums such as the 'Freedom Online Coalition' (White House 2014).…”

Section: Principles and Normsmentioning

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The European Union-United States cybersecurity relationship: a transatlantic functional cooperation

Anagnostakis

2021

Journal of Cyber Policy

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This article explores the European Union (EU)-United States (US) cybersecurity relationship through an international relations perspective focusing on threat perceptions and interests, principles and norms and institutions. It uses data from publicly available EU and US documents and speeches and from three interviews conducted by the author with EU officials. The main argument of this research is that the transatlantic security relationship is not in a process of rift with regard to cybersecurity; cooperation and coordination continues despite the broader political disagreements that arise from time to time. The EU and the US share common threat perceptions and interests, they converge around a number of cybersecurity principles and norms, and they coordinate their actions in practice. In other words, the EU-US cybersecurity relationship has taken the form of a functional cooperation which aims at safeguarding common interests and avoiding the costs and the vulnerabilities that arise from the EU-US interdependencies in the cyber realm. At the same time, not all policy areas related to cybersecurity have been equally prioritised by the two actors.

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Section: Principles and Normsmentioning

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The European Union-United States cybersecurity relationship: a transatlantic functional cooperation

Anagnostakis

2021

Journal of Cyber Policy

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“…expectations and political considerations) ( Klimburg 2012, pp. 146-90), or based on national values (Schaake and Vermeulen 2016). Within this value-centric context, creating cyber policy means regarding cyberspace not only as an insulated single domain but also as a domain involving the political situation and national strategy (Klimburg 2012).…”

Section: The Driversmentioning

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Review of cybersecurity frameworks: context and shared concepts

Azmi

Tibben

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2018

Journal of Cyber Policy

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In an effort to develop strong cyber resilience, international organisations, academic institutions, corporations and countries have been actively working to develop cybersecurity frameworks (CSFs). Such efforts emphasize various perspectives depending on the organisation's intention, while their contents involve the same concept. The aim of this paper is to incorporate the many varied perspectives on CSFs and gather them into a concise view by contrasting different intentions and distilling shared concepts. To do so, this study uses the document analysis method alongside two cycles of coding (descriptive coding and pattern coding) to excerpt 12 extant CSFs. The various intentions can be cascaded with respect to four areas: 1) the promoted action, 2) the driver, 3) the framework milieu and 4) the audience. The frameworks can also be examined according to three common concepts: 1) shared actions, 2) cyber pillars and 3) the framework life cycle. A total of seven shared actions are distilled from the frameworks, while the human, organisational, infrastructure, technology and law and regulation pillar are the most frequently discussed excerpts from the CSFs. Moreover, there are three processes for securing cyberspace: profiling, delivering and assuring. The shared concepts presented in this paper may also be useful for developing a general model of a CSF.

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