-> Information and communication technologies (ICT) are progressing rapidly and pose a number of major challenges for policy-making and regulation. -> ICT are both a prerequisite for and a threat to security. Establishing security and protecting privacy and civil liberties can best be described as a symbiosis that is not always free of conflict. -> The impact can be felt at individual but also on a global level. As a result, approaches to solutions must also be pursued and developed at all levels