Improving Internet Security through Mandatory Information Disclosure

• Main Authors: TANG, Qian, WHINSTON, Andrew B.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Computer Sciences; Information Security; Management Information Systems
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/2637; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/3637/viewcontent/Improv_Internet_Security_Mandatory_HICSS_2015_pv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Although disclosure has long been considered as a solution to internalize externalities, mandatory security information disclosure is still in debate. We propose a mandatory disclosure mechanism based on existing data. The information is disclosed as straightforward rankings of organizations for use...