Introduction: Cybersecurity strategy and policy in a comparative context

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book. The book represents a broad cross-section of nations from all the world’s regions, along with international actors like the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU). It allows the reader to draw fruitful comparisons cross-nationally about the ways in which cybersecurity policy has evolved, been understood and been carried out. The book describes how Turkey appears to have policies which are very much in line with European ideals in the areas of military cybersecurity and the combatting of cybercrime. It provides both a historical tour d’horizon as well as a cross-cultural way of understanding cybersecurity policies.