“The article discusses the issues related to the effects of the use of cyberspace in the process of creating a security policy. The States, concerned with cooperation in the commercial sector, excogitate legal instruments to supervise the activities of citizens in the global digital network. The growing number and the nature of the actual as well as the postulated threats in this area, encourage governments to progressively reduce the activity of the various actors, often using inadequate solutions, being implemented without democratic rules. By engaging resources held by international actors, the efforts have been undertaken which aim at increasing control over the potential threats of cybersecurity. This asymmetrical relationship as a result of the implementation of state’s power is the cause of skipping the wider effects of the political influence on cyberspace, as well as treatment of the citizens as a source of danger. It’s conducive to the perception of this position as a desired and appropriate, including (paradoxically) the society itself. At the same time, the progressive militarization of cyberspace requires ever closer cooperation with the civil sector, which supplies specialist services, equipment and know-how. It results in the ambiguous status of the civilian population in the potential cyber conflict. Ensuring the protection of the interests of the state while maintaining the momentum of the development of the information society, is becoming a key element of the discussion. It seems that the best way to achieve this balance is an intensive raising of the informational awareness of citizens in the process of evolution of a knowledge-based society. Hence the gradual reduction of their activity in cyberspace can be an irrational action in this context.”
