Non-State Actors All Around: The Governance of Cybercrime

Abstract

This chapter analyzes the governance of cybercrime, an emerging security problem for states and private actors. Cybercrime is a broad term and encompasses not only the emerging threat of cyber warfare but also the use of computers to commit fraud, steal information, get access to data, and damage critical infrastructure. The governance of cybercrime, more than many other crimes, relies on private actors. However, this creates conflicts of interests for both private and public actors.