Economic Impact of Cyber Attacks.

Surveys current knowledge on cost of cyber-attacks and economics of information security. Summarizes studies and presents data on costs attributable to cyber-crime, analyzes reasons for the lack of statistical data, examines efforts of the insurance industry to develop policies that cover cyber-risk...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Computers. Insurance companies. Commerce. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Surveys current knowledge on cost of cyber-attacks and economics of information security. Summarizes studies and presents data on costs attributable to cyber-crime, analyzes reasons for the lack of statistical data, examines efforts of the insurance industry to develop policies that cover cyber-risk, and considers cyber-attacks as macroeconomic events. Includes tables.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.