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Project

The New Wild West? Soldiers of Fortune in Cyber Space and the Governance of Security

Outputs and Outcomes

Code

DOCT/009636

Duration

30 March 2023 → 21 September 2025 (Ongoing)

Doctoral researcher

Celien De Stercke

Research disciplines

Social sciences
- Criminological theories
- Police administration, procedures and practice
- Private policing and security services
- Criminology not elsewhere classified

Keywords

Cyber mercenaries governance of security cybercrime-cyberwarfare nexus

Project description

As theories on governance of security explain security architectures and actors in the real world, this project seeks to examine the extent to which they are still valid when it comes to dealing with cyber threats. By analysing cyber mercenaries through qualitative methods, new insights on (digital) security architectures and governance of security theories will be gained.

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Dutch

English

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