ROMANIA’S DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY REGARDING CYBERWAR
ROMANIA’S DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY REGARDING CYBERWAR

Author(s): Bogdan-Florin TIMIŞ
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: cyberwar; cybersecurity; cyberattack; defense; strategies; legislation
Summary/Abstract: The rapid evolution of the Internet in particular, and the virtual environment – generally – in the recent years, has propelled the issue of ensuring an accesible and functional cyber environment both to the forefront of national security of states and international organizations. The task reachable for each country or organization is to protect their own online networks against cyber attacks, cyber espionage, cyber crime and other forms of aggression in cyberspace. For the democracies that guarantee fundamental rights and freedoms, the goal is to do this while guaranteeing a free internet and protection of private live. Although Romania does not have a highly developed cyber infrastructure, the strategies adopted in the recent years, the entities created and the inclusion of cybersecurity in the cathegory of basic measures to improve the safety of the citizens, our state sends a firm response to the challenges in the virtual environment.

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