The ever increasing use of computers networks and the Internet has led to the need for
regulation in the fields of cybercrime cybersecurity and national security. This SpringerBrief
provides insights into the development of self- and co-regulatory approaches to cybercrime and
cybersecurity in the multi-stakeholder environment. It highlights the differences concerning
the ecosystem of stakeholders involved in each area and covers government supported initiatives
to motivate industry to adopt self-regulation. Including a review of the drawbacks of existing
forms of public-private collaboration which can be attributed to a specific area (cybercrime
cybersecurity and national security) it provides some suggestions with regard to the way
forward in self- and co-regulation in securing cyberspace.
