01127nas a2200145   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042100001700054700001800071700002300089245012600112856007600238520065300314022001400967       2023                            d  c2023-041 aSiena Anstis1 aNiamh Leonard1 aJonathon W. Penney00aMoving from secrecy to transparency in the offensive cyber capabilities sector: The case of dual-use technologies exports  uhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S02673649220013033 aYet, despite this emphatic recognition of the importance of transparency, the activities of government and private sector actors involved in the development, sale, and export of Offensive Cyber Capabilities (OCC) remain cloaked in secrecy regardless of the sector’s role in facilitating human rights abuses. In this article, we tackle this broader challenge of secrecy via a case study on the export of dual-use technologies. We theorize why secrecy has been so prevalent in the OCC sector. We consider the role of different forms of secrecy—such as commercial secrecy and opportunistic secrecy by governments—in facilitating this situation.   a0267-3649