TY - GEN
T1 - When information improves information security
AU - Grossklags, Jens
AU - Johnson, Benjamin
AU - Christin, Nicolas
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This paper presents a formal, quantitative evaluation of the impact of bounded-rational security decision-making subject to limited information and externalities. We investigate a mixed economy of an individual rational expert and several naïve near-sighted agents. We further model three canonical types of negative externalities (weakest-link, best shot and total effort), and study the impact of two information regimes on the threat level agents are facing.
AB - This paper presents a formal, quantitative evaluation of the impact of bounded-rational security decision-making subject to limited information and externalities. We investigate a mixed economy of an individual rational expert and several naïve near-sighted agents. We further model three canonical types of negative externalities (weakest-link, best shot and total effort), and study the impact of two information regimes on the threat level agents are facing.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-14577-3_37
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-14577-3_37
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77955321664
SN - 3642145760
SN - 9783642145766
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 416
EP - 423
BT - Financial Cryptography and Data Security - 14th International Conference, FC 2010, Revised Selected Papers
T2 - 14th International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security, FC 2010
Y2 - 25 January 2010 through 28 January 2010
ER -