This symposium explores some of the myriad borders – legal, geopolitical, technical and conceptual – that inhere in, frame or catalyze regulatory challenges in the areas of cybersecurity and data privacy. The symposium is the second of four annual conferences that are being held under the aegis of the research project ‘Security in Internet Governance and Networks: Analyzing the Law’ (SIGNAL).
The symposium explores some of the current challenges and developments in cybersecurity from a predominantly legal perspective. Its title, borrowed from Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, encapsulates the fundamental tension that arises from attempts to secure cyberspace.