The Market Consequences of Cybersecurity
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Full Title of Reference
The Market Consequences of Cybersecurity: Defining Externalities and Ways to Address Them
Full Citation
OECD, The Market Consequences of Cybersecurity: Defining Externalities and Ways to Address Them, in Computer Viruses and Other Malicious Software (OECD, 2009). Purchase
Categorization
Issues: Economics of Cybersecurity
Key Words
ISPs, malware, risk management
Synopsis
This chapter asks the follwoing questions: Are participants in the information and communication markets responding adequately to malware, or are improvements possible? Pointing to a variety of reports that show increases in malicious attack trends, one might conclude that markets are not responding adequately. Our analysis revealed a more nuanced picture.