pro regulation viewpoint on cyber vulnerabiltiy

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

 From an IPer:


A paper that speaks to market failure is at:
http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,5370/type,1/

Given that we know that perimeter defenses are ineffective illusions  
in cyberspace, to what market should regulation be targetted to have  
the most desirable impacts?  Would it be the market for devices,  
operating systems, network infrastructure, application software and  
services, on-line content? All of the above?

" A new Federal approach to cybersecurity will fail if it does not  
elicit actions that the private sector will not otherwise perform.  
Government intervention in response to market failure can include  
regulation (or the threat of regulation) or subsidy. Both have  
limitations, but both are preferable to inaction. We are at the end of  
a long era of deregulation, an effort that was initially beneficial  
but it went too far in the last Administration. Finding a new and more  
balanced approach will not be easy. The intellectual heritage of  
deregulation lives in assertions such as any regulation to improve  
security will hurt innovation. Like all lobbyist mantras, it contains  
a grain of truth while being fundamentally and dangerously wrong.  
Innovation is a complex process, and simple statements about cause and  
effect deserve only skepticism. "






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