A STUDY ON CYBER SECURITY LESGISLATION
A STUDY ON CYBER SECURITY LESGISLATION

Author(s): Simona Enescu
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Security and defense
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: cyber security; legislation; jurisdiction; sovereignty, awareness; security culture; cooperation; human rights.
Summary/Abstract: The cyber space amplitude and the cyber threats variety pose a great challenge in protecting the internet users, given the attackers’ capability of acting from anywhere in the world, the impact that an attack might have on real life, and also the difficulty of reducing vulnerabilities and a cyber-attack consequences management. States need to address this area by legislation, as part of international organizations’ or national security strategy, given the fact that at least three out of five types of cyber threats aim to directly affect critical infrastructures – cyber war, cyber espionage and cyber terrorism. The risk and potential consequences of such acts generated a new mission in terms of security.International organizations, as well as some states, already adopted strategic legislation on cyber security, but less importance was given to implementing national laws. These norms need to consider issues like jurisdiction, sovereignty or responsibility in a global space. But there are not few those who consider that cyber security legislation could affect human rights.So it raises the question if these laws are really necessary, given the cyber threats’ evolution,or it’s enough to establish certain guidelines in approaching them.

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