Computer Viruses and Other Malicious Software: A Threat to the Internet Economy

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

Background

Part I. The Scope of Malware

Chapter 1. An Overview of Malware

Chapter 2. Malware Attacks: Why, When and How?

Chapter 3. Malware: Why Should We Be Concerned?

Part II. The Economics of Malware

Chapter 4. Cybersecurity and Economic Incentives

Chapter 5. Survey of Market Participants: What Drives Their Security Decisions?

Annex 5.A1. List of Interviewees

Chapter 6. The Market Consequences of Cybersecurity: Defining Externalities and Ways to Address Them

Part III. Malware: What Can Be Done?

Chapter 7. The Role of End Users, Business and Government

Chapter 8. What Is Already Being Done?

Chapter 9. Possible Next Steps

Annex A. Background Data on Malware

Annex B. Research Design for Economics of Malware

Annex C. A Framework for Studying the Economics of Malware

Glossary of Malware Terms

Bibliography