Das sichere Betreiben von IT-Infrastrukturen stellt für Unternehmen, Behör-den und Organisationen eine große Herausforderung dar. Sicherheitsprob-leme verursachen oft hohe Kosten. Systemausfälle oder Datenverluste kön-nen das Überleben eines Betriebs rasch gefährden. Im vorliegenden...

We examine the firm value relevance of blockchain technology–related disclosures in 10-K filings, proxying for the involvement of firms in the trending technology and its applications. Using textual analysis to quantify blockchain-related disclosures, we first show that blockchain...

This IPACSO report gives a broad, but in-depth overview of the research fields of the economics of cyber-security and privacy. It includes an introduction to economic incentivization, economic decision-making, as well as failures in markets for cyber-security and privacy products and services

Over the last decade, information technology has contributed significantly to the evolution of financial markets, without, however, revolutionising the way in which financial institutions interact with one another. This may be about to change, as some market players are now predicting that new...

In this paper we provide a brief survey of the potential of blockchain technology to propel a process of private entrepreneurial discovery of institutions that challenge state hegemony. Entrepreneurs now have access to new tools to develop decentralised private governance across areas which have...

The Commission made a commitment in the Communication adopted in September to launch a pilot phase under Horizon 2020 to help bring national cybersecurity centres together into a network. In this context, the goal of this document is that of aligning the cybersecurity terminologies, definitions...