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economics of information security: a standalone construct

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Information security

the view that many security failures come from misaligned incentives, externalities and information asymmetries rather than from technical weaknesses alone.

In information security, economics of information security refers to the view that many security failures come from misaligned incentives, externalities and information asymmetries rather than from technical weaknesses alone. This meaning comes from Anderson (2006) in Science.[1]

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  1. Anderson, R., & Moore, T. (2006). The Economics of Information Security. Science, 314(5799), 610-613. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1130992

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