Operationalizing Cybersecurity Due Diligence: A Transatlantic Comparative Case Study

28 Pages Posted: 14 Jan 2016

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Scott Shackelford

Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Business Law; Indiana University Bloomington - The Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory & Policy Analysis; Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research; Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs; Stanford Center for Internet and Society; Stanford Law School

Scott Russell

Indiana University Bloomington - Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research

Date Written: January 12, 2016

Abstract

Although much work has been done on applying the law of warfare to cyber attacks, far less attention has been paid to defining a law of cyber peace applicable below the armed attack threshold. Among the most important unanswered questions is what exactly nations’ due diligence obligations are to one another and to the private sector, as well as how these obligations should be translated into policy. In this Article, we analyze how both the United States and the European Union are operationalizing the concept of cybersecurity due diligence, and then move on to investigate a menu of options presented to the European Parliament in November 2015 by the authors to further refine and apply this concept.

Keywords: cybersecurity, NIS Directive, General Data Privacy Regulation, EU data privacy, Cybersecurity Act of 2015, cyber attack

Suggested Citation

Shackelford, Scott J. and Russell, Scott, Operationalizing Cybersecurity Due Diligence: A Transatlantic Comparative Case Study (January 12, 2016). South Carolina Law Review, 2016, Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 16-16, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2714529

Scott J. Shackelford (Contact Author)

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Scott Russell

Indiana University Bloomington - Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research ( email )

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