Publication
Title
Design, demonstration, and evaluation of an information security contract and trading mechanism to hedge information security risks
Author
Abstract
Cyber-insurance products are the only financial instrument available as a risk-transfer mechanism in the information security domain. Furthermore, cyber-insurance markets are unable or unwilling to facilitate the transfer of risks, particularly those with a high probability and high intensity of loss. Thus, there is a need for a new mechanism to address the variety of information security risks. This article addresses the shortcomings in the existing information security risk hedging market. The article presents a financial instrument and a corresponding trading mechanism to be used for risk hedging in an information security prediction market. Also, the article uses an imaginary case to demonstrate the application of the contract. Furthermore, an evaluation of the contract and trading mechanism in its usefulness in hedging the underlying risks is presented. In our analysis, we found that information security contracts can be a solution (at least to some extent) to the problems in the existing risk hedging mechanisms in the information security domain.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Lecture notes in computer science. - Berlin, 1973, currens
Source (book)
Security and Trust Management : 11th International Workshop, STM 2015, Vienna, Austria, September 21-22, 2015, Proceedings / Foresti, Sarah [edit.]
Publication
Berlin : Springer , 2015
ISBN
978-3-319-24857-8
978-3-319-24857-8
978-3-319-24858-5
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-24858-5_19
Volume/pages
9331 (2015) , p. 283-292
ISI
000366121800019
Note
Security and cryptology ; 9331
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
Using theories from economics & finance to address information security risks.
Publication type
Subject
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Creation 25.09.2015
Last edited 09.10.2023
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