The impact of information gathering on cybersecurity investment
Rischer, Mara
Promoteur(s) : Gautier, Axel
Date de soutenance : 21-aoû-2017 • URL permanente : http://hdl.handle.net/2268.2/3692
Détails
Titre : | The impact of information gathering on cybersecurity investment |
Auteur : | Rischer, Mara |
Date de soutenance : | 21-aoû-2017 |
Promoteur(s) : | Gautier, Axel |
Membre(s) du jury : | Jacqmin, Julien
Lamesch, Joé |
Langue : | Anglais |
Nombre de pages : | 50 |
Mots-clés : | [en] cybersecurity [en] information security [en] information sharing [en] signaling [en] bug bounty |
Discipline(s) : | Sciences économiques & de gestion > Economie générale & histoire de la pensée économique |
Public cible : | Etudiants |
Institution(s) : | Université de Liège, Liège, Belgique |
Diplôme : | Master en sciences économiques,orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en Economics and Finance |
Faculté : | Mémoires de la HEC-Ecole de gestion de l'Université de Liège |
Résumé
[en] This thesis presents an overview about the interplay of cybersecurity investment,
information asymmetry and information gathering. It investigates the
impact of asymmetric information between consumer, vendor and hacker. To
determine the effect, this thesis draws upon the cybersecurity models of Al-
Humaigani and Dunn (2003), Gordon and Loeb (2002) and Huang, Hu, and
Behara (2008). Thereupon, possible solution methods for asymmetric information
are analysed. These are in particular information sharing and bug bounty
programs. The influence of information sharing on investment is modelled
based on network theory. In order to make the quality of a software assessable,
bug bounty programs work as a signaling device. Both information gathering
programs reduce asymmetric information. While information sharing is more
focussed on asymmetries between consumers, bug bounty programs help to reduce
asymmetry between vendor and consumer. The magnitude of the effect
is dependent on the characteristics of the model, such as risk-averseness.
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