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Security Economics and the EU

2008-03-07 15:55:35 by Ross Anderson in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...economics that was authored by Rainer Böhme , Richard Clayton , Tyler Moore and me Security economics has become a thriving field since the turn of the century, and in this report we make a first cut at applying it in a coherent way to the most pressing security policy problems. We very much look forward to your feedback
 
Tags: security economics, information security agency, report, major report, rainer bhme, richard clayton, european network, security policy, tyler moore
 
 
 
 
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ENISA Report on Security and Economics

2008-03-13 06:05:24 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Ross Anderson, Rainer Böhme, Richard Clayton, and Tyler Moore have published a major report on security and economics: " Security, Economics, and the Internal Market ," published by the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA). It's 114 pages long, and I just printed it out to read
 
Tags: security, information security agency, economics, rainer bhme, ross anderson, enisa, richard clayton, major report, european network
 
 
 
 
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How to Sell Security

2008-05-26 05:57:29 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...economics. Prospect Theory was developed by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky in 1979 (Kahneman went on to win a Nobel Prize for this and other similar work) to explain how people make trade-offs that involve risk. Before this work, economists had a model of "economic man," a rational being who makes trade-offs based on some logical...
 
Tags: security, loss, risky loss, risky larger loss, gain, risky larger gain, security purchase, directly, security directly
 
 
 
 
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Communicating Risk & Macs Can Do Anything

2008-03-17 13:29:33 by Alex in RiskAnalys.is
 
...ECONOMICS AND SECURITY ENISA, The European Network and Information Security Agency has released a report on the economic barriers to Information Security, pdf here OLD BLOG - GOOD, NEW CONTENT (ECONOMICS, SECURITY, & COMMUNICATION Speaking of economics and security Amrit covers the topic of security budgets very well in his piece, Why Should...
 
Tags: information security agency, information security, security, security amrit covers, chicago tribune, junk charts weblog, weblog, long-time chicago tribune, risk
 
 
 
 
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Indiana State University professor's laptop is stolen

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2008-07-17 09:29:35 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...economics classes from 1997 through the spring semester 2008 Number Affected more than 2,500 Types of Data names, grades, e-mail addresses and student identification numbers Until 2003, student identification numbers were the equivalent of each students Social Security number Breach Description A password-protected laptop computer...
 
Tags: university, information, personal information, information includes names, university students, confidential information, laptop, evan contact information, university policy prohibits
 
 
 
 
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WCU server "hacked several times" since 2006

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2008-03-26 07:54:16 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Economics Victims Graduates Number Affected 555 Types of Data Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable data Breach Description Someone had hacked into a computer and had access to the Social Security numbers of 555 graduates of Western Carolina University who had signed up for a newsletter Reference URL Asheville...
 
Tags: server, servers remains vulnerable, servers, secure servers, computer server, wcu, social security, unsecure server, times
 
 
 
 
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Cyber espionage something to worry about?

2007-12-14 15:48:00 by Khalid Kark in Security & Risk Management
 
...economics, and research ministries were targeted. The German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) conducted a comprehensive search of government IT installations, and prevented a further 160 giga-bytes of information from being transferred to China. The scale and nature of the stolen data suggested that the operation...
 
Tags: computer networks, government computer networks, networks, government, chinese government, american government agencies, cyber espionage, china, government agencies
 
 
 
 
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Brushing up on my math skills...

2006-07-21 04:38:00 by Jomni in Risk Management Quant
 
...Economics) and didn't pay much attention to my math and statistics classes in college. Yet I find financial markets (derivatives in particular) fascinating. And becoming knowledgeable in them actually gave me an edge in the industry Looking back, it seems that I chose the wrong college course. But my interest in the subject matter and the...
 
Tags: derivatives, topics, plain vanilla derivatives, discuss topics, quantitative finance topics, financial derivatives, quantitative finance, papers, research papers
 
 
 
 
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Protect your data: everything else is just plumbing

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2007-07-02 20:46:32 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
...economics of the game have changed, and along with that so have the bad guys skills and the capabilities of their tools. Let me repeat: they want your data. Theyll steal it and sell it to your competitors, theyll damage it and put you out of business. The network and your computers exist only as a means to get to your data. So we, as...
 
Tags: data security, comrms data security, data, security, confidential information, information, information security, temporary data, data vanishes
 
 
 
 
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DRM Scorecard Makes Me Wonder: The Media Industry and the TSA, Sadistic or Incompetent?

2007-08-02 08:19:00 by Eric Marvets in The Security Samurai
 
...economics and technology of the pirating industry I would be happier if the media industry and the TSA were sadistic rather than incompetent. It would be comical to see these two groups meeting for the first time over drinks trying to one up each other We made a list comprised of thousands of names. If you fly and your name is even remotely...
 
Tags: media industry, industry, media industry views, illogical behavior impedes, drm, behavior, drm scorecard, secret, secret internal referendum