Replication Data for: Comparative Cybersecurity in the Americas

What factors explain the level of commitment to Cybersecurity in the Americas? This research seeks to answer this question through a configurational-qualitative analysis of the performance of 35 American countries in the Global Cybersecurity Index. As explanatory conditions, a) Securitization; b) Military Expenditure; c) Rare events; d) Time of the Legal-Institutional Framework; e) Militarization of Cyberspace; and f) Economic Development are tested. Methodologically, this mixed-method work couples Qualitative Comparative Analysis with an in-depth study of the Brazilian case, based on quantitative and qualitative indicators and on interviews. Results identified three causal pathways towards a greater commitment with Cybersecurity: 1) Military Expenditure associated with Economic Development (United States, Canada, Chile, and Uruguay); 2) Military Expenditure and Time of the legal-institutional framework (Cuba); 3) Militarization of Cyberspace and Economic Development (Brazil and Colombia). The case study of Brazil identified the institutional bargains between military and civil sectors as a key causal mechanism.

哪些因素可以解释美洲地区网络安全（Cybersecurity）的投入水平？本研究旨在通过对35个美洲国家在全球网络安全指数（Global Cybersecurity Index）中的表现开展组态定性分析（configurational-qualitative analysis），解答这一问题。
本研究选取以下六项作为解释性条件开展检验：a）安全化（Securitization）、b）军事开支（Military Expenditure）、c）罕见事件（Rare events）、d）法律-制度框架的存续时长（Time of the Legal-Institutional Framework）、e）网络空间军事化（Militarization of Cyberspace）以及f）经济发展（Economic Development）。
在方法论层面，本研究采用混合研究方法，将定性比较分析（Qualitative Comparative Analysis）与基于定量、定性指标及访谈资料的巴西案例深度研究相结合。
研究结果识别出三条可提升网络安全投入的因果路径：1）军事开支与经济发展的组合（涉及美国、加拿大、智利及乌拉圭）；2）军事开支与法律-制度框架的存续时长的组合（涉及古巴）；3）网络空间军事化与经济发展的组合（涉及巴西与哥伦比亚）。
针对巴西的案例研究表明，军方与民用部门之间的制度性博弈是关键的因果作用机制。