Networked Governance of Internet security

  • Mueller M
  • Eeten M
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Abstract

This research project focuses on the emergence of new, transnational methods of responding to cybercrime and security incidents on the Internet. Security governance in cyberspace seems to take place mainly through informal, trust-based relationships among the internet operational community. If one examines how the Internet actually responds to systematic problems such as spam, phishing, organized DDoS attacks and viruses, one discovers not formalized transnational governance procedures but interpersonal networks among Internet service providers (ISPs), emergency response teams, domain name registrars, hosting companies and government agencies. Manifestations of this form of governance include the London Action Plan, the Anti- Phishing Working Group, the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group, a variety of private and government-sponsored CERTs, and entities such NANOG. The common denominator of these efforts is that they are predicated on the need for rapid action informed by specialized technical expertise; the need for close cooperation across jurisdictional boundaries; and the participants having operational control of some form of access to the Internet (e.g., servers, bandwidth, domain names). These communities are transnational in scope and can be viewed as responses to the limitations and obstacles of territorial sovereignty in the governance of the global internet. The methods and actions of this global network have never been systematically documented nor have their implications for the larger problems of Internet governance been adequately explored. One fundamental research question is whether these practices can be explained and clarified by applying to them theories of the network form of organization (Podolny, Joel M. Page, Karen, 1998; Powell, 1990) and networked governance (Kooiman, 2000; Sørensen and Torfing, 2006; Benkler, 2006). Other questions pertain to the results and impact of this system of governance. This project opens up frontiers not only in terms of understanding how Internet privacy and security are actually governed at the global level, but also more generally how the internet is contributing to new transnational institutional innovations.

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Mueller, M. L., & Eeten, M. J. G. V. (2008). Networked Governance of Internet security. In 1st International Giganet Workshop.

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