The national security issues most impacted upon by globalisation are generally found to fall into three categories: the nature of security threats in a globalised world, the effects of the phenomenon of globalisation on the pursuit of national security, and the erosion of the exclusivity of the state as a provider of national security. In this chapter I examine the security risks associated with ICT, and in particular the Internet which is not constrained by territorial boundaries traditionally defining states and their sovereignty. Also, I point out the need for developing and implementing agile security related ICT policies to remain on the national security research agenda of all states.
Keywords: Globalisation, national security, information and communications technologies, national ICT policies, security threats
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Phahlamohlaka, J. (2008). Globalisation and national security issues for the state: Implications for national ICT policies. In: Avgerou, C., Smith, M.L., van der Besselaar, P. (eds) Social Dimensions Of Information And Communication Technology Policy. HCC 2008. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, vol 282. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-84822-8_7
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