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3. The New Frontier for Human Cybersecurity: Russia’s Cybersecurity Policies in the Arctic

Authors : Nadezhda Filimonova, Mario Portugal-Ramirez

Published in: Digitalisation and Human Security

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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This chapter examines the development of Russia’s official cybersecurity policies with regard to the Arctic since the early 2000s, which is when the first Strategy for the Development of an Information Society was adopted. The primary focus is on examining how the notion of cybersecurity is framed at the official level and determining who its major target groups are. More specifically, this chapter analyses whether the issues associated with human security are included in Russia’s official cybersecurity discourse. The subject of Russia’s official discourse on cybersecurity in the Arctic is important in terms of revealing the critical actors who will enforce and benefit from cybersecurity at a time characterised by the increasing digitalisation of the Arctic.

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Title: The New Frontier for Human Cybersecurity: Russia’s Cybersecurity Policies in the Arctic
Authors: Nadezhda Filimonova
Mario Portugal-Ramirez
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Digitalisation and Human Security
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-48069-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-48070-7

Copyright Year: 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48070-7_3

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