A Comparative Analysis of Cybersecurity Initiatives Worldwide

This paper investigates national cybersecurity initiatives in order to identify common themes and best practices, but especially problems and pitfalls for a global culture of cybersecurity. In the first chapter, it looks at how the topic of cybersecurity has made it onto the security political agenda and what the characteristics of cyber-threats are. Second, it describes how various governments approach the issue and focus on common issues and problems. The paper aims to explain differences and similarities in national approaches by applying political science theory to the topic. Third, it looks at how the topic is approached internationally and uncovers two fundamentally opposed paradigms that could pose considerable difficulties for the development of a global culture of cybersecurity.