Description
This article provides a genealogy of EU cyber security to critically account for how digitization and the pervasiveness of information and communication technologies acquired the politically salient status of being an EU security issue. Tracing the development of EU cyber security policy over four decades, the article advances our understanding of the conditions of possibility for EU security politics in a digital age and questions its givenness. The analysis demonstrates how EU cyber security policy has become inextricably linked to expanding the Single Market, nurturing security industry, and supporting digital sovereignty. Consequently, the article argues, we are witnessing a redefinition of the role of the Single Market. The establishment of a common European marked was a means to create peace. Today, cyber security is increasingly pursued through the Single Market. The market thereby becomes a security practice writ large. The article asserts that this redefinition of the Single Market is likely to be subject to further expansion as EU policy linking emerging digital technologies, security and digital sovereignty develops.
