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2 J. Cyber Pol'y 1 (2017)

handle is hein.journals/jnlocybrpy2 and id is 1 raw text is: JOURNAL OF CYBER POLICY, 2017 Routledge VOL. 2, NO. 1, 1-3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23738871.2017.1301239 Taylor & Francis Group EDITORIAL Introduction from the editor The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together. (Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, Act 4, Scene 3) Over the past two decades, policy thinking about the internet has seemed somewhat utopian. Cyber technologies were going to transform the human condition, enrich our minds, bring people together around shared interests, and eliminate inequalities. Uncomfortable counter- narratives tended to be overlooked or pushed away. It turns out that the web, like life, is of a mingled yarn. As cyber technologies transform developed societies, all of life - the good, the bad and the downright evil - is reflected back at us from the online environment. When reality intrudes into our dreams, disillusionment can quickly follow. Some recovering Internet Utopians are now among the bleakest voices about the future of humanity's relationship with technology. But, to view the cyber world as unremittingly miserable is as distorted as Candide's notion that 'all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds'. Volume 2, Number 1 of the Journal of Cyber Policy focuses on cybercrime and cybersecurity. The Journal brings together authors from academic, policy and technical backgrounds and from a range of disciplines. The articles reflect the duality that Shakespeare understood - the problems are real, the scale of the challenge is immense, but positive progress can be made through planning, cooperation and persistence. Contrasting national approaches to the fight against cybercrime In 'Tackling cybercrime - the UK response', Dr Jamie Saunders, Director of Intelligence at the National Crime Agency, highlights both the alarming scale of cybercrime, and the real progress that is being made in the fight against it. Yes, there are challenges inherent in coping with an estimated two million incidents a year in the UK, but public perception that there is little hope of catching cybercriminals is inaccurate. Within a week of the TalkTalk hack in 2015, arrests had been made. Saunders' article emphasises the long-term nature of many actions such as cyber education and deflection of young people away from crime into 'exciting and worthwhile careers in the cybersecurity industry'. A different view is presented by Dr Eviatar Matania, the Director General of Israel's National Cyber Directorate and his co-authors Lior Yoffe and Tal Goldstein. Whereas Saunders highlights the need for partnerships between law enforcement and industry, Matania et al. argue that states must inevitably move to a single, central cyber authority. This apparently pulls against current wisdom, which advocates in favour of multi-stakeholder coordination. In fact, the UK and Israeli approaches are more similar than they might first appear. UK's newly launched National Cyber Security Centre is highlighted as an example of 'national coordination', which in the authors' view is the only way to deliver 'accountability, a critical mass of knowledge and capabilities, and a clear chain of command'. © 2017 Chatham House

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