Cybersecurity Policy in the European Union

Francesco Amoretti is Professor of Political Science at the University of Salerno, Italy. Simone Busetti is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Teramo, Italy. Maria Stella Righettini is Associate Professor in Governance and Policy Evaluation at the University of Padova, Italy. Giancarlo Vecchi is Associate Professor in Political Science at Politecnico di Milano, Italy.

• Part 1.- Cybersecurity as a Policy: Multi-level Governance, Actors and Policy Tools.-Introduction.-1.-Mapping Policy Tools In Cybersecurity.-2.-The Cybersecurity Governance in Italy and France. Beyond the Agency Isomorphism.-3.-From Contingent to Deliberate Orchestration: Cybersecurity Governance in the Italian Public Sector.-4.-Local frontiers in cybersecurity: municipal perspectives on digital safeguarding (The Netherlands).-5.-We are in IT together – Cybersecurity and digital interdependencies in Swedish firms.-6.-Data Protection Authorities as Institutional Entrepreneurs in Cybersecurity.-7.-Effectiveness and learning in incident reporting: lessons from the Italian case.-Part 2.- Cybersecurity at the European Level in an Evolving Geopolitical Threat Landscape.-8.-Global Cybersecurity Cultures.-9.-EU Risk-Based Cybersecurity Approach: Balancing Security Concerns and Fundamental Rights in a Digital Constitutionalism Perspective.-10.-National Cybersecurity Policies under EU Framework: Towards the AI and Quantum Era.-11.-An Empirical Analysis of Policy Consultations on the European Union’s Cyber Security Laws.-12.-Lobbying for cybersecurity: The role of private stakeholders in the making of NIS1 and NIS2.-13.-EU Cyber Capacity Building: Between Strengthening Resilience and Shaping Norms.-14.-The Future of Cybersecurity and Emerging Technology in the European Union.-15.-The Evolving Threat of Cyberwar: How State Behaviour Shapes the Landscape.-16.-From Norm Diffusion to Epistemic Translation: How EU Cybersecurity Standards Travel to Morocco.-17.-Beyond the Usual Suspects: Exploring Cyber Offensive Capabilities in the Global South.-Conclusions.