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Apr 19, 2024
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CS 7338 - Security Economics
Credits: 3
Introduces economics as a tool for understanding and managing information security. Reviews key information security challenges and technologies in order to reason about the topics economically. Students are introduced to techniques of analytic and empirical modeling. Economic concepts reviewed include rationality, markets, and information. Presents models and metrics of security investment, along with cost-benefit analysis techniques, and techniques for empirical investigation and measurement of cybercrime. Security games are designed to capture the strategic interaction between defenders, as well as between attacker and defenders. Implications for public policy are discussed.
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