The Invisible Hand? Critical Information Infrastructures, Commercialisation and National Security
Autor: | Johan Eriksson, Lindy Newlove-Eriksson, Giampiero Giacomello |
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Přispěvatelé: | Newlove-Eriksson, Lindy, Giacomello, Giampiero, Eriksson, Johan |
Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
National security
PPP privatisation Studier av offentlig förvaltning 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology Public administration remote management OPS PFI IBM Outsourcing Information och Kommunikation Teknologier Swedish ICT scandal IT-skandal 050602 political science & public administration privatisering offentlig-privat samverkan kritisk infrastruktur Remote management Other Social Sciences Information and Communication technologies Sweden critical infrastructures utkontraktering 021110 strategic defence & security studies Transport Agency Public Administration Studies business.industry 05 social sciences computer netwroks Svensk IKT-skandal 0506 political science public-private partnership Public–private partnership Invisible hand private finance initiative Political Science and International Relations Critical information infrastructure Annan samhällsvetenskap computer networks Business Transportstyrelsen Critical infrastructures public-private partnership privatisation computer networks outsourcing remote management Swedish ICT scandal |
Zdroj: | The International Spectator. 53:124-140 |
ISSN: | 1751-9721 0393-2729 |
DOI: | 10.1080/03932729.2018.1458445 |
Popis: | Corporatisation of critical information infrastructure (CII) is rooted inthe ‘privatisation wave’ of the 1980s-90s, when the ground was laidfor outsourcing public utilities. Despite well-known risks relating toreliability, resilience, and accountability, commitment to efficiencyimperatives have driven governments to outsource key publicservices and infrastructures. A recent illustrative case with enormousimplications is the 2017 Swedish ICT scandal, where outsourcing ofCII caused major security breaches. With the transfer of the SwedishTransport Agency’s ICT system to IBM and subcontractors, classifieddata and protected identities were made accessible to non-vettedforeign private employees – sensitive data could thus now be inanyone’s hands. This case clearly demonstrates accountability gapsthat can arise in public-private governance of CII. QC 20220228 |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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