Virtual Border Dilemmas: When States Become Cyber Border Builders

Authors

  • Daniel Ventre CNRS. Cesdip/Gern

Keywords:

cybersecurity, virtual frontiers, cyberspace, information warfare, Brazil

Abstract

The paper introduces the concept of ‘virtual border dilemma’, reflecting upon the concept of border and its transposition into cyberspace. It deals more particularly with the construction of cyber or virtual borders by the state in response to specific security challenges posed by the network. After proposing some definitions of cyberspace and cyber border, the article will focus on the reasons for, and modalities of, building virtual borders, followed by their effects on national and international security. The Brazilian context is used to illustrate the matter.

Author Biography

Daniel Ventre, CNRS. Cesdip/Gern

Doutor em ciência política, pesquisador no Centre de recherches Sociologiques sur le Droit et les Institutions Pénales (Cesdip) e da Université de Cergy Pontoise (Paris, França). Diretor da coleção Cybersécurité, da editora Iste. Seus trabalhos centram-se nas políticas e estratégias dos Estados em matéria de cibersegurança e ciberdefesa. Publicou uma dezena de livros sobre a guerra da informação, a ciberguerra e a cibersegurança. Seu último livro é a segunda edição revisada de Information Warfare (2016).

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Published

2019-07-23

Issue

Especial 3 - 'Passagens de Fronteiras e Cidades Seguras’

Section

Articles

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