TY - JOUR
T1 - A new role for ‘the public’?
T2 - Exploring cyber security controversies in the case of WannaCry
AU - Liebetrau, Tobias
AU - Christensen, Kristoffer Kjærgaard
PY - 2019/4/16
Y1 - 2019/4/16
N2 - As cyber-security incidents become increasingly prevalent, we are facing a major political and democratic challenge: who comprises “the public” in relation to such incidents? Based on a study of the controversies surrounding the WannaCry ransomware attack, this article unpacks issues facing the creation of publics in contemporary ICT-mediated security practices. It shows how cyber-security incidents, such as WannaCry, do not neatly align with traditional national security politics and democracy, and it demonstrates the need to attend to how security publics are created. This may paradoxically entail both political and democratic challenges and possibilities for security politics in the digital age.
AB - As cyber-security incidents become increasingly prevalent, we are facing a major political and democratic challenge: who comprises “the public” in relation to such incidents? Based on a study of the controversies surrounding the WannaCry ransomware attack, this article unpacks issues facing the creation of publics in contemporary ICT-mediated security practices. It shows how cyber-security incidents, such as WannaCry, do not neatly align with traditional national security politics and democracy, and it demonstrates the need to attend to how security publics are created. This may paradoxically entail both political and democratic challenges and possibilities for security politics in the digital age.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Cybersikkerhed
KW - Cyberspace
KW - WannaCry
KW - Offentlighed
KW - Cybersecurity
U2 - 10.1080/02684527.2019.1553704
DO - 10.1080/02684527.2019.1553704
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0268-4527
VL - 34
SP - 395
EP - 408
JO - Intelligence and National Security
JF - Intelligence and National Security
IS - 3
ER -