Title Legal issues of cybersecurity in internet of things
Translation of Title Daiktų interneto kibernetinio saugumo teisinės problemos.
Authors Heythem, Abidat
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Pages 69
Keywords [eng] Internet of Things, Cybersecurity, GDPR, NIS2, Cyber Resilience Act, Digital Data, Liability, Consumer Protection, Cross Border, Data, Human Centric Data, Legal Gaps, International Cooperation, Vulnerability.
Abstract [eng] This thesis examines the legal issues of cybersecurity in the Internet of Things and evaluates how well current laws protect users and service providers. The study shows that Internet of Things creates new risks because it connects physical devices with data and services in ways that traditional legal rules did not anticipate. This paper reviews the main legal frameworks in the European Union and United States and at the international level and finds that most of these laws were not designed specifically for the Internet Of Things. As a result they often leave important gaps in security, responsibility and user protection. The research explores problems related to liability, consumer contracts, privacy and cross border data flows which become more complicated in a connected environment. The thesis invited to a clearer, updated and harmonized legal rules and stresses out that they indispensable. These rules should focus on security by design, stronger protection of personal data, better allocation of responsibility across the supply chain and more international cooperation. By addressing these issues the Internet of Things system can become safer, more reliable and more respectful of users’ rights.
Dissertation Institution Vilniaus universitetas.
Type Master thesis
Language English
Publication date 2026