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Constructing cybersecurity adopts a constructivist approach to cybersecurity and problematises the state of contemporary knowledge within this field. Setting out by providing a concise overview of such knowledge this book subsequently adopts Foucauldian positions on power and security to highlight assumptions and limitations found herein. What follows is a detailed analysis of the discourse produced by various internet security companies demonstrating the important role that these security professionals play constituting and entrenching this knowledge by virtue of their specific epistemic authority. As a relatively new source within a broader security dispositif these security professionals have created relationships of mutual recognition and benefit with traditional political and security professionals. -- .Product Identifiers
PublisherManchester University Press
ISBN-139781526123329
eBay Product ID (ePID)24046576013
Product Key Features
Number of Pages216 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameConstructing Cybersecurity: Power, Expertise and the Internet Security Industry
Publication Year2020
SubjectGovernment, Computer Science
TypeTextbook
AuthorAndrew Whiting
SeriesManchester University Press
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Width156 mm
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorAndrew Whiting