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WEIS 2009 will be held at University College London, England.
WEIS book - Managing Information Risk and the Economics of Security
WEIS 2008 was hosted by the Center for Digital Strategies at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business, in partnership with the Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection (I3P), which is managed by Dartmouth College. The workshop took place June 25-28, 2008 in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Information security requires not only technology, but a clear understanding of risks, decision-making behaviors and metrics for evaluating business and policy options. How much should we spend on security? What incentives really drive privacy decisions? What are the trade-offs that individuals, firms, and governments face when allocating resources to protect data assets? Are there good ways to distribute risks and align goals when securing information systems?
The 2008 Workshop on the Economics of Information Security, the seventh workshop, builds on a strong and growing interdisciplinary tradition, bringing together information technology academics and practitioners with social scientists and business and legal scholars to better understand security and privacy threats. Until recently, research in security and dependability focused almost exclusively on technical factors, rather than incentives. However, we know that economic, behavioral, and legal factors often contribute as much as technology to the dependability of information and information systems. The application of economic analysis to these problems has proven to be an exciting and fruitful area of research.
For more information about the workshop's presentations and panels, please see the program schedule.
Video highlights from WEIS 2008
The conference video includes experts discussing cybercrime and protection of digital information.
Articles on WEIS Panel Discusssions
Fighting Cybercrime Around the World
Media Challenged By Changing Nature of Cybercrime
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Forthcoming Book
Springer volume highlighting WEIS papers.
Hosts and sponsors
WEIS 2008 was hosted by the Center for Digital Strategies of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, in partnership with the Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection (I3P).
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MEDIA HITS
Forbes
September 22, 2008
Young Workers, Virtual Problems
Network World
August 12, 2008
WEIS 2008: IPv6 illustrates resistance to new technologies
Network World
August 7, 2008
WEIS 2008: Transition to IPv6 is complex
Network World
August 5, 2008
WEIS 2008: Escalation and incentives for better security
Network World
July 31, 2008
WEIS 2008: Security economics and European policy
ZDNet
July 29, 2008
Measuring malware infections in the Chinese Internet?
Network World
July 29, 2008
WEIS 2008: Do data-breach-disclosure laws reduce identity theft?
SearchSecurity
July 1, 2008
Security data lapses hamper researchers
Information Security
June 26, 2008
The Changing Face of Information Security
Security Focus
June 26, 2008
EU advisors: Secure ISPs, form "cyber-NATO"
Security Focus
June 25, 2008
Breach-notification laws not working?
SearchSecurity
June 9, 2008
Data breach laws have no effect on prevention, researchers say
The Guardian
June 6, 2008
Time taken to shut child abuse sites criticised
Network World
June 5, 2008
Researchers say notification law not lowering ID theft
The Register
June 5, 2008
Breach disclosure laws have 'no effect' on identity theft
Network World
May 29, 2008
Workshop on Economics of Information Security