European Cybersecurity in Context: A Policy-Oriented Comparative Analysis

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Worldwide connectivity has unleashed global digitalisation, creating cross-border social networks for communicating and spreading information. The use of digital identity for democratic procedures is becoming a reality and public services are shifting towards using digital tools to implement simplified procedures. Businesses worldwide have benefitted from implementing information technologies’ tools, and industry 4.0 increasingly relies on cloud services and the internet. Likewise, the e-commerce and platforms economy has developed in a way that was unthinkable only 30 years ago.

All this has contributed to creating a new and broader concept of ’cyberspace’, where the notion of security is increasingly relevant. Thus, the very pervasiveness of digitalisation has made cybersecurity no longer only a matter of concern for computer scientists but a central transversal factor in securitising our future digital society. Recently, both the Covid-19-related rise in the use of digital tools and the conflict in Ukraine, followed by an escalation in the use of weaponised cyberattacks, have raised questions about the security of cyberspace and how the EU should deal with this.

This study, edited by Professor Luigi Martino and Nada Gamal, approaches the topic from a multidisciplinary point of view, considering critical infrastructures, skills, strategic autonomy, AI, cybercrime, privacy, and the use of space. Starting from an EU perspective, the authors examine the regulatory achievements in this field and consider best practice for the implementation of rules and standards. Based on a holistic approach, the explanations and policy recommendations in the various chapters aim to define the role of the European Union in this dynamic and constantly changing world of cyberspace.

The book is structured in eleven chapters as follows:

Pablo A. Mazurier, Independent analyst: Cybersecurity Landscape: Technological Perspectives and Certification Framework, Products, and Services
Francesca Spidalieri, World Bank consultant: Meeting the Growing Demand for Cybersecurity Skills and Talent in Europe
Bushra Al Blooshi, Dubai Electronic Security Center, and Angelika Eksteen, AIDirections: Cyber Governance in the EU
Lior Tabansky, Tel Aviv University: Europe’s Digital Discontent
Martina Castiglioni, Cyber 4.0, and Alessandro Lazari, F24 AG: The Normative Landscape in Security and Resilience: The Future of Critical Infrastructures and Essential Services in the EU
Marco Lisi, Independent consultant: The Security of Space Systems: A European Perspective
Arthur de Liedekerke, Rasmussen Global, and Maarten Toelen, Strategy consultant: The Unchecked Proliferation of Offensive Cyber Capabilities (OCC): A Dangerous New Reality?
Marco Ciappelli and Sean Martin, @ITSPmagazine: Cybersecurity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Secured by Design or We Are Too Late
Pierluigi Paganini, CEO Cybhorus: Cybercrime-as-a-Service: EU Perspectives
Vagelis Papakonstantinou, Vrije Universiteit Brussel: The Need to Introduce a New Individual Right to Cybersecurity
Arturo Di Corinto, Sapienza University of Rome: The Manipulation of Perceptions: Why Fake Newsand Disinformation Are a Cybersecurity Issue

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.