As the digital environment progresses, the complexities of cyber threats also advance,
encompassing both hostile cyberattacks and sophisticated cyber espionage. In the face of …

Investigating cyber conflict is enormously difficult. The domain is complex, quality data are
sparse, international affairs are shrouded in secrecy, and despite its seeming ubiquity, cyber …

When it comes to cybersecurity incidents–public opinion matters. But how do voters form
opinions in the aftermath of cyberattacks that are shrouded in ambiguity? How do people …

Offensive cyber capabilities (OCCs) are the combination of people, technologies, and
organizational attributes that jointly enable offensive cyber operations: the adversarial …

How does a reflexive scholarly practice matter for producing useful cybersecurity knowledge
and policy? We argue that staking relevance without engaging in reflexivity diminishes the …

This thesis explores how the politics of cyber conflict redefine violence, sovereignty, and
territory in and through cyberspace. It does this by studying how the digital mediates different …

This chapter delves into the delicate confluence between cybersecurity and politics, a topic
of rising importance in the digital age. Cybersecurity is no more a standalone concern; it has …

ABSTRACT I explore four sets of explanations on what makes it hard for democracies to
penalise hackers for their digital actions. My analysis reveals that of the four challenges, two …

The application of securitization theory to cybersecurity is useful since it subjects the emotive
rhetoric of threat construction to critical scrutiny. Floyd's just securitization theory (JST) …

This chapter clarifies conceptual, terminological, and methodological aspects of the digital
sovereignty debate. It focusses on the meaning of sovereignty in international law and …