The unexpected norm-setters: Intelligence agencies in cyberspace

@article{Georgieva2019TheUN,
  title={The unexpected norm-setters: Intelligence agencies in cyberspace},
  author={Ilina Georgieva},
  journal={Contemporary Security Policy},
  year={2019},
  volume={41},
  pages={33 - 54}
}
  • Ilina Georgieva
  • Published 2 January 2020
  • Computer Science
  • Contemporary Security Policy
ABSTRACT By implementing novel intelligence techniques in cyberspace, security and intelligence agencies have become major actors in the cybersecurity landscape. As they no longer just passively gather information for their governments but conduct both defense and offense operations in cyberspace, they signal international actors that their conduct is at least tolerable, even if not officially acceptable. Thereby, the intelligence agencies generate norms for the rest of the international… 
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