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5 Eur. J. Sec. Rsch. 1 (2020)

handle is hein.journals/eupnjfos5 and id is 1 raw text is: European Journal for Security Research (2020) 5:1-3 https://doi.org/l 0.1007/s41125-019-00063-8 EDITORIAL Digitalization and Its Security Manifestations Sabrina Ellebrecht' - Stefan Kaufmann2 Received: 15 August 2019/ Accepted: 25 November 2019 / Published online: 13 January 2020 ŠThe Author(s) 2020 Digital technologies increasingly penetrate societal life. They do so to the extent of significantly transforming public and societal security. CCTV cameras, body scanners, and sensors are as much an ordinary part of our public spaces, as satel- lites, digital technologies, and communication media have restructured our social relations and the public sphere. On a global scale, these transformations are fur- ther reflected in phenomena such as cyberwars or gradual information warfare, and in the growth of cybercrime. The notion of a (digitally) networked society further condenses this. As a networked society is dependent on its (digital) infrastructures, the security of those very infrastructures requires its own securing. This interplay between digitalization and vulnerability resonates in the term critical infrastructure and brings about new processes and forms of prevention, preparedness, and of inter- vention in the security sector. Digitalization unfolds, provokes, and shapes different manifestations of security. It leaves a mark on the quality of public and societal security and affects the way it is organized, sustained, endangered, and at risk. A digital technology that is dedi- cated to security does not per se deliver, establish, or increase security. Just as is the case with security technologies in general, digital technologies are part of complex socio-technical constellations. Digital technologies and processes allow law enforce- ment agencies and rescue services to perform and decide on the basis of more, or rather big data. They allow for protection, monitoring, and control without physi- cal interference and actual presence. Generally, digitalization accelerates, expands, and dramatizes processes. When concerned with public and societal security, these effects are given just another spin. This Special Issue is concerned with the specific characteristics and qualities digitalization adds to the provision, the service, the pro- duction, and the organization of public and societal security. It focuses on three spe- cific aspects related to digitalization: the trend toward datafication, the concept and E Sabrina Ellebrecht sabrina.ellebrecht@css.uni-freiburg.de Centre for Security and Society, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, Werthmannstr. 15, 79098 Freiburg, Germany 2 Institute of Sociology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, Rempartstr. 15, 79098 Freiburg, Germany Springer