Securing Democracies: Defending Against Cyber Attacks and Disinformation in the Digital Age

Securing Democracies examines the attacks on voting processes and the broader informational environment in which elections take place. The volume's global cadre of scholars and practitioners highlight the interconnections among efforts to target vulnerable democratic systems and identify ways to prevent, defend against, and mitigate their effects on both the technical and the informational aspects of cybersecurity. The work takes a wider view of defending democracy by recognizing that both techniques―attacking infrastructure and using misinformation and disinformation―are means to undermine trust and confidence in democratic institutions. As such, the book proposes a wide range of policy responses to tackle these cyber-enabled threats focusing on the geopolitical front lines, namely Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Scott J. Shackelford is Provost Professor of Business Law and Ethics at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. He serves as Executive Director of the Ostrom Workshop and the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research. Shackelford has written more than 100 articles, book chapters, essays, and op-eds for diverse publications.

Frédérick Douzet is Professor of Geopolitics at the University of Paris 8. She serves as Director of the French Institute of Geopolitics research team (IFG Lab) and Director of the Center Geopolitics of the Datasphere (GEODE). In January 2020 she was appointed as member of the French Defense Ethics Committee.

Christopher Ankersen is Clinical Associate Professor of Global Affairs and Faculty Lead, Global Risk Specialization at New York University's Center for Global Affairs. He has previously worked for the United Nations and the Canadian Armed Forces. He is co-editor (with W. P. S. Sidhu) of The Future of Global Affairs: Managing Discontinuity, Disruption and Destruction (2021).