Action, Inaction, Trust, and Cybersecurity’s Common Property Problem (2016)
Journal Article
Elliott, K., Massacci, F., & Williams, J. (2016). Action, Inaction, Trust, and Cybersecurity’s Common Property Problem. IEEE Security and Privacy, 14(1), 82-86. https://doi.org/10.1109/msp.2016.2

Cybersecurity tends to be viewed as a highly dynamic, continually evolving technology race between attacker and defender. However, economic theory suggests that in many cases doing "nothing" is the optimal strategy when substantial fixed adjustment c... Read More about Action, Inaction, Trust, and Cybersecurity’s Common Property Problem.