Abstract

VARGAS BORBUA, Robert; RECALDE HERRERA, Luis  and  P. REYES CH., Rolando. Cyber-defense and cybersecurity, beyond the virtual world: Ecuadorian model of cyber-defense governance. URVIO [online]. 2017, n.20, pp.31-45. ISSN 1390-4299.  https://doi.org/10.17141/urvio.20.2017.2571.

Cyber-defense and cybersecurity have become key areas of strategic studies. Its current development coincides with the advent of the information society, the networks between computers and the phenomenon “Internet” whose expansion has shaped the fifth dimension of modern war and has significantly affected the daily life of the various actors in the global world. Indeed, its study becomes a task forced for the political-strategic conduct of the defense of the nations. In Ecuador these themes (widely discussed) have focused on a pragmatic dimension. This article, after an analytical-conceptual consideration of security and defense in cyberspace, proposes the configuration of a local model of governance in cyber-defense, inscribed in the current legislation. The findings show that local reflection is still incipient and interagency efforts are required for its institutionalization.

Keywords : of defense; Ecuador; governance model; strategic studies.

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