CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2021
| Author | Urban, Konstantin |
|---|---|
| Title | "The Clouds Of A Bloodless War": Data Localisation And The Securitisation Of Cyberspace In India |
| Summary | Data localisation has been the latest buzzword within national cybersecurity discourses. Governments across the spectrum have advocated for localizing data for numerous reasons from circumventing foreign surveillance to alleviating data access to local law enforcement agencies to protecting its citizen's privacy. Yet, apart from not quite fulfilling its stated objectives, localizing data can actually facilitate the government’s surveillance and censorship efforts. Indeed, while the common denominator for advocating data localisation is security, such efforts tend to make the data less secure. This is the paradox this thesis explores. Through the use of Copenhagen School’s securitisation theory and the concept of technification as developed by Hansen and Nissenbaum, this thesis questions the role of data localisation in the securitisation of cyberspace. Taking the data localisation discourse in India, with a special focus on the country’s “digital strike” that banned a number of Chinese mobile apps, as the case study, the thesis argues that data localisation is itself a securitising move that securitizes cyberspace through technification. |
| Supervisor | Kurowska, Xymena |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2021/urban_konstantin.pdf |
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