Cyber Security and Cyberspace in International Relations: A Roadmap for India's Cyber Security Policy

Contents: Foreword. Preface and Acknowledgement. Acronyms. Introduction. 1. Overview on Policy as a Term of Reference. 2. Defining Cyberspace. 3. Cyber Politics. 4. Securitization Theory,  Copenhagen School and Contextualising Cyber Security Within the IR Theory. 5. Roadmap to India’s Cyber Security Policy. Conclusion. Endnotes. Appendices.

The present enquiry is an Indo-centric approach to study the extension of Copenhagen School related to Securitisation of the Cyber domain and Cyber Security in the prevailing International Relations Theory affecting the systemic behaviour of nation-states as Cyber Space will make traditional international borders redundant. One deliberation exercise has stated that “Cyber security has long transcended the discipline of information technology – expanding to law, international relations and the social sciences. The work being a policy-relevant documents will also hopefully serve as a basic text for students and researchers at even postgraduate levels to bridge the gap between the realm of ideas and the domain of public policymaking in the area of Cyber Studies.