The Threat Politics of Cybersecurity

Myriam Dunn Cavelty

2012 - present

Developments in cyber-security politics have always been mainly driven by a diverse set of cyber-incidents. Yet, our understanding of the link between these (technical) occurrences and the political reactions remains underdeveloped. This research project analyzes how cyber-incidents shape, sometimes even transform the discourse by stabilizing or challenging different kinds of (political) interventions and even the material infrastructure of cyberspace. In particular, we are interested in how knowledge about these incidents is formed, transformed and utilized by different actors and in how this knowledge shapes policies and politics.