A Macro‐Economic Framework for Evaluation of Cyber Security Risks Related to Protection of Intellectual Property

Eva Andrijcic and Barry Horowitz

Risk Analysis, 2006, vol. 26, issue 4, 907-923

Abstract: The article is based on the premise that, from a macro‐economic viewpoint, cyber attacks with long‐lasting effects are the most economically significant, and as a result require more attention than attacks with short‐lasting effects that have historically been more represented in literature. In particular, the article deals with evaluation of cyber security risks related to one type of attack with long‐lasting effects, namely, theft of intellectual property (IP) by foreign perpetrators. An International Consequence Analysis Framework is presented to determine (1) the potential macro‐economic consequences of cyber attacks that result in stolen IP from companies in the United States, and (2) the likely sources of such attacks. The framework presented focuses on IP theft that enables foreign companies to make economic gains that would have otherwise benefited the U.S. economy. Initial results are presented.

Date: 2006
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