How political regimes affect national cybersecurity : the
polity flux effect

J 2025

How political regimes affect national cybersecurity : the polity flux effect

KLEINER, Jan

Základní údaje

Originální název

How political regimes affect national cybersecurity : the polity flux effect

Autoři

KLEINER, Jan

Vydání

Democratization, Abingdon, Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, 2025, 1351-0347

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50601 Political science

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

article - open access

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.900 v roce 2024

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/25:00140702

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

Cybersecurity; polity; democracy; autocracy; anocracy; polity flux effect; polity transition

Štítky

EV_FSS25, rivok

Příznaky

Recenzováno

Změněno: 6. 2. 2026 13:50, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

The confluence of political regimes and cybersecurity presents substantial potential and challenges in the rapidly evolving digital realm. This study investigates how different political systems – democracies, autocracies, and transitional regimes (anocracies) – influence national cybersecurity performance. By integrating fourteen renowned cybersecurity indices, such as the Global Cybersecurity Index and National Cyber Security Index, with three key measures of political regimes – Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem), Freedom in the World Index, and polity2 score with regime durability – the research provides a comprehensive understanding of these dynamics. The study reveals that democracies typically exhibit stronger cybersecurity due to their transparent institutions and robust legal frameworks via various statistical analyses. While less effective overall, autocracies benefit from centralized control, allowing rapid implementation of cybersecurity measures. Anocracies face significant challenges, often posing the highest cyber risks to other states, and the “Polity Flux Effect on Cybersecurity” is introduced to describe their dynamic and unstable cybersecurity landscape. These findings highlight the critical role of stable democratic institutions in enhancing national cybersecurity and offer valuable insights for policymakers to strengthen legal and institutional frameworks during political transitions.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1550/2024, interní kód MU

Název: Aktuální problémy politologického výzkumu XI.

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Aktuální problémy politologického výzkumu XI.

Přiložené soubory

How_political_regimes_affect_national_cybersecurity.pdf

Citovat

KLEINER, Jan. How political regimes affect national cybersecurity : the polity flux effect. Democratization. Abingdon: Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, 2025, roč. 32, č. 5, s. 1181-1212. ISSN 1351-0347. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2025.2451951.

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KLEINER, Jan. How political regimes affect national cybersecurity : the polity flux effect. \textit{Democratization}. Abingdon: Routledge Journals, Taylor \&{} Francis, 2025, roč.~32, č.~5, s.~1181-1212. ISSN~1351-0347. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2025.2451951.

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