Abstract:
The federal government relies largely on voluntary actions by the private
firms that comprise the nation’s critical infrastructure to secure their
operations. Several recent reports have highlighted the potential for cyber
security externalities if IT and control systems are not more sufficiently
secured. This research will employ a mixed methods approach in an effort to
extend limited empirical research regarding the problem of national security
in cyberspace. The first perspective will employ an agent-based model to
analyze the cyber security investment decision in the defense industrial base.
The second will be a case study of the information-sharing network between
the electricity sector and the federal government.
