Network Security and Contagion

Network Security and Contagion

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We develop a theoretical model of security investments in a network of interconnected agents. Network connections introduce the possibility of cascading failures due to an exogenous or endogenous attack depending on the profile of security investments by the agents. The general presumption in the li...

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Main Authors: Acemoglu, Daron, Malekian, Azarakhsh, Ozdaglar, Asu
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2013
Subjects:
cascades, contagion, network security, security investments, strategic substitutes, underinvestment.
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/79387

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