Cyber Threats in Latin America

Cybersecurity Cannot Be Depoliticized

Authors

  • Joe Devanny

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54827/issn2764-7897.cebri2026.17.02.02.41-60.en

Keywords:

cybersecurity, cybercrime, cyber strategy, Latin America

Abstract

Latin America faces severe cyber threats from crime and espionage, with highly uneven cybersecurity capacity across the region. Two decades of capacity-building have produced progress, but evolving tactics, structural constraints and declining external assistance threaten to exacerbate the region’s vulnerabilities. This paper argues that stronger domestic resilience must be combined with deeper cross-border cooperation. Sustained political leadership, investment and public-private coalitions are essential to transcend a reactive posture and pursue a more strategic approach.

Author Biography

Joe Devanny

Joe Devanny is Senior Lecturer in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London and co-director of the Centre for Defence Studies at King’s. He was a 2022-2023 British Academy Innovation Fellow at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and a 2023-2025 project fellow of the Research Institute for Sociotechnical Cyber Security (RISCS). His research focuses on the relationship between politics and security, including in the field of cybersecurity. He is the co-editor of the Research Handbook on Cyberwarfare (Edward Elgar 2024).

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Published

2026-09-09

How to Cite

Devanny, J. . (2026). Cyber Threats in Latin America: Cybersecurity Cannot Be Depoliticized. CEBRI-Revista: Brazilian Journal of International Affairs, (17). https://doi.org/10.54827/issn2764-7897.cebri2026.17.02.02.41-60.en