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This chapter surveys economic approaches for security metrics, among which we could identify two main areas of research. One has its roots in investment and decision theory and is mainly pursued in the field of information technology-oriented business administration. It has yielded a number of quantitative metrics that can be applied as guidelines in investment decisions as well as for the evaluation of existing security measures. The second area of research has ancestors in micro-economics. It deals with market concepts to gather security-relevant information and extract quantitative indicators on information security properties.
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Böhme, R., Nowey, T. (2008). Economic Security Metrics. In: Eusgeld, I., Freiling, F.C., Reussner, R. (eds) Dependability Metrics. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4909. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68947-8_15
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