Track F: The Evolving Cybersecurity Landscape and Regulatory Approaches in Cybersecurity

The exponential growth in our dependence on digital services has raised the importance of effective cybersecurity solutions to the challenges associated with the vulnerabilities of such dependence. The growth in the use of digital services has also seen a marked rise as a result of the Covid -19 pandemic with business, education, healthcare etc. shifting to digital platforms. There has also been a rise in the number of security incidents making cybersecurity a major legal and policy concern with huge reputational impact for actors in both the private and public sector. The European Union has introduced upgrades to its cybersecurity regulatory framework in an effort to boost cyber resilience across multiple sectors. These upgrades intend to focus on harmonization of requirements across EU Member States, cooperation between national authorities and protection of critical infrastructure.  

In this track the focus is on law/policy/social sciences reflections on cybersecurity and the regulatory approaches to cybersecurity. Possible topics, from these lenses, include:  

• Cybersecurity and data protection, e.g.: 
  • Data security: the GDPR and the challenges to the risk-based approach.
  • Data protection by design and by default in action: from procedural safeguards to substantive fundamental rights protection. 
• Emerging cybersecurity issues in times of war, e.g.: 
  • The role of procedural safeguards and standardization in cybersecurity: Vulnerability Equity Processes and Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure Policies.
  • Cyber-surveillance export controls and commercial spyware regulation.
  • Brokerage cybersecurity. 
• Regulation of cybersecurity: models and trends, e.g.:
  • The EU proposal for a Cyber Resilience Act.
  • The new EU NIS 2 Directive and its transposition in Member States.
  • Cybersecurity and consumer protection.
  • Cybersecurity, essential services and fundamental rights.
  • Cybersecurity, digital services and fundamental rights.
  • The role of cybersecurity authorities in the EU, in the Member States and beyond.

Deadline for submitting extended abstracts and proposals for panels/interactive workshops via the EasyChair conference system: January 31, 2024

For questions about possible presentations for this track, please contact mr. Shweta Degalahal s.r.degalahal@tilburguniversity.edu