Europe’s Third Way in Cyberspace – What Part Does the New EU Cybersecurity Act Play?
- 19 December 2019
- Bendiek, Annegret; Schallbruch, Martin
- EN
Cybersecurity has become a key issue for Europe in the global digital transformation. The EU Cybersecurity Act lays down a legal framework whose aim is to achieve global reach. Embedded in a policy that combines digital sovereignty with strategic interdependence, the Act could represent the gateway to a third European pathway in cyberspace, something in between the US model of a liberal market economy and the Chinese model of authoritarian state capitalism. The Cybersecurity Act will be a binding framework for action and provide a tailwind for German cybersecurity policy.
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