Security Economics

This module explores security economics, focusing on the economic aspects of cybersecurity, including the cost-benefit analysis of security measures, the impact of cyber threats on economic stability, and the incentives driving security decisions.

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Anderson, Ross and Tyler Moore. “Information security: where computer science, economics, and psychology meet.” Phil Trans Roy Soc A v 367 no 1898 pp 2717–2727, 2009.

van Eeten, Michel. “The Role of Internet Service Providers in Botnet Mitigation: An Empirical Analysis Based on Spam Data,” WEIS 2010.

Vasek, Marie and Tyler Moore. “There’s No Free Lunch, Even Using Bitcoin: Tracking the Popularity and Profits of Virtual Currency Scams.” International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security, 2015.

Ross Anderson et al. “Measuring the changing cost of cybercrime.” Workshop on Economics and Information Security (WEIS19), June 2019.

Wondracek, Gilbert et al. “Is the Internet for Porn? An Insight Into the Online Adult Industry,” WEIS, 2010.