The Interconnectivity Phenomena and Cybersecurity
There is no doubt that the interconnectivity phenomenon is extremely useful: it allows us to achieve our objectives and access information immediately. However, we are poorly aware of the high cost it entails, due to the breaches and vulnerabilities generated by the exponential growth of digital technologies and their development, which increasingly broadens the catalogue of assets susceptible to cyber-attacks. Interconnectivity is an unstoppable reality, making it essential to learn how to manage cyber risks from a technical perspective and with an interdisciplinary approach that allows us to understand the object of study of Cybersecurity Law. With this purpose in mind, this paper will explain cyber risks and threats, as well as the international evolution of this emerging branch of law, in terms of international, communitarian, technical and standardisation norms. Subsequently, the term cybersecurity will be addressed from different legal perspectives in the leading countries in the field, and the principles and commercial uses that must be complied with when analysing it legally (lex artis) will be established, which will serve as a control parameter when examining this type of case.