CYBERSECURITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
CYBERSECURITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Summary/Abstract: Cybersecurity is a broad term which comprises the protection of critical information infrastructure, as well as elements which are considered critical information infrastructures, such as information networks of small and medium-sized enterprises, or personal computers. Cybersecurity consists in a process involving the entire society, where each individual is preoccupied with implementing it. Also, cybersecurity may consist in developing a cybernetic code of conduct for the appropriate use of information and communication technology and in spreading an authentic security policy providing the standards which the users of cybersecurity will expect to meet. The Internet offers unprecedented opportunities for enforcing human rights and plays an increasingly important role in our everyday lives. Within this context, it is essential that all actors, both public and private, respect and protect human rights on the Internet. Steps must also be taken to ensure that the Internet operates and evolves in ways that fulfil human rights to the greatest extent possible.

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