Abstract Information security standards are influential tools in society today. The validity claim of standards is based on what is considered “best practice.” We unveil the negotiations that take place when “best practice” is constructed during standard development. By using discourse analysis, we investigate how power operates in national and international contexts of de jure information security standard development work. As members of a standardization committee, we analyzed the language used by this committee. The results showed two discourses at play: the consensus discourse and the warfare discourse. We conclude by proposing six theoretical propositions on how power operates in the above-mentioned contexts of de jure standard development.

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共识与战争——在法律上的信息安全标准发展中展开讨论

摘要 信息安全标准是当今社会具有影响力的工具。标准的有效性声明基于所谓的“最佳实践”。我们公布了在标准开发过程中构建“最佳实践”时进行的谈判。通过使用话语分析，我们研究了权力在法律信息安全标准制定工作的国家和国际背景下如何运作。作为标准化委员会的成员，我们分析了该委员会使用的语言。结果显示有两种话语在起作用：共识话语和战争话语。最后，我们就权力在上述法理标准发展的背景下如何运作提出了六个理论命题。