Cybersecurity Investments - Decision Support Under Economic Aspects

This book offersreaders essential orientation on cybersecurity safeguards, and first andforemost helps them find the right balance between financial expenditures andrisk mitigation. This is achieved by pursuing a multi-disciplinary approach thatcombines well-founded methods from economics and the computer sciences.Established decision making techniques are embedded into a walk-through for thecomplete lifecycle of cybersecurity investments. Insights into the economic aspectof the costs and benefits of cybersecurity are supplemented by established andinnovative economic indicators. Readers will find practical tools and techniquesto support reasonable decision making in cybersecurity investments. Further,they will be equipped to encourage a common understanding using economicaspects, and to provide cost transparency for the senior management.

List of contents

Introduction.- Foundations of Cybersecurity.- Cybersecurity Safeguards.- Economic Aspects.- Foundations of Decision Making.- Lifecycle of Cybersecurity Investments.- Summary.

Product details

• Authors: Stefan Beißel
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.04.2018
• EAN: 9783319808154
• ISBN: 978-3-31-980815-4
• No. of pages: 281
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 15 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 450 g
• Illustrations: IX, 281 p. 58 illus. in color.
• Series: Progress in IS
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Management, Operations Research, B, Business and Management, IT in Business, Innovation/Technology Management, Operations Research/Decision Theory, Operations Research and Decision Theory, Systems and Data Security, Data and Information Security, Research & development management, Information Technology, Management decision making, Management science, Network Security, Computer security, Industrial Management, Operational research, Decision Making, Business—Data processing, Business applications