Regulating Cybersecurity

With the increasing dependence of our societies on computer systems and the Internet, and the explosion of so-called “smart” and connected devices, cybersecurity is taking on unprecedented importance. Not so long ago, cybersecurity was a technical domain reserved for IT experts in order to protect digital infrastructures. Today, it has become an unavoidable political and social subject that has been invited to the discussion table, whether it be for international organizations, States, major global companies, local entrepreneurial micro-structures, or even individuals. This raises the question of cybersecurity regulation. What are the different initiatives that currently exist? Is it possible to regulate cybersecurity at a global scale with a one-size-fits-all strategy? 

By Bénédicte Schmitt^[1]

With the increasing dependence of our societies on computer systems and the Internet, and the explosion of so-called “smart” and connected devices,^[2] cybersecurity is taking on unprecedented importance. 

Not so long ago, cybersecurity was a technical domain reserved for IT experts in order to protect digital infrastructures. Today, it has become an unavoidable political and social subject that has been invited to the discussion table, whether it be for international organizations, States, major global companies, local entrepreneurial micro-structures, or even individuals.

This raises the question of cybersecurity regulation. What are the diff