1st Edition

The Politics of Cyber-Security

By Myriam Dunn Cavelty Copyright 2025
224 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

By combining theoretical discussions with real-world examples, The Politics of Cyber-Security offers readers valuable insights into the role of cyber-security in the realm of international politics. In the face of persistent challenges stemming from the exploitation of global cyberspace, cyber-security has risen to the forefront of both national and international political priorities.... Read more

1.     An Introduction to the Politics of Cyber-Security

2.     What Is Cyber-Security Politics?

3.     Cyber-Security Becomes Political: Threat Frames and Countermeasures

4.     A Problem Matures When States Become Active

5.     The Cyber-Threat Landscape

6.     International Cyber-Security Norms, Practices, and Strategy

7.     Cyber-Incidents: A Conceptualization

8.     Cyber-Operations: Use and Utility

9.     The Politics of Cyber-Security Now and in the Future—Concluding Remarks


Biography

Myriam Dunn Cavelty is Senior Scientist and Deputy Head of Research and Teaching at the Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich. She is the author of Cyber-Security and Threat Politics: US Efforts to Secure the Information Age (Routledge 2008) and many other articles and books on the politics of cyber-security.