Cyber Sovereignty and Data Sovereignty

Author(s): Marie Baezner, Patrice Robin
Series: CSS Cyber Defense Trend Analysis
Volume: 0
Issue: 2
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2018

This Cyber Defense Trend Analysis argues that while cyber sovereignty is regularly referenced in political, economic and legal discussions, the concept has no fixed definition. In response to this, as well as to highlight why using the term in the same way as strategic autonomy is a misnomer, our authors analyze references to cyber sovereignty in national cybersecurity strategies, current academic discussion and debates on sovereignty in other domains. Baezner and Robin also explore the similarly ill-defined concept of data sovereignty, outlining why control over data depends more on how it is stored than where.

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