ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the security benefits of public–private partnerships within the context of the exponential growth of intensive globalization since the end of the Cold War made possible by technological innovation. The idea of public–private partnerships in the security arena as pertains to terrorism and cyber-threats is to increase effectiveness and efficiency by means of interlocking networks of public–private partner arrangements. Public–private partnerships have cyber security applications because the motivations behind threats are very similar in both the physical and virtual world, be they political, economic or a combination thereof. The typology assists researchers in efforts to categorize and classify public–private partnerships, and illustrates the broader types of public–private partnerships available that are subject to more detailed modification in terms of the specific stakeholders packaged within stakeholder types of each configuration. The specific nature of interlocking configurations of different public–private partnership iterations is illustrated by the water supply system example provided within the context of discussion about smart cities.
