Regulatory Interactions & the Design of

Optimal Cybersecurity Policies

Lead
University of East Anglia & University of Leicester

Research leads
Dr Wynne Lam - Lecturer - University of East Anglia

Dr Jacob Seifert - Lecturer - University of Leicester

Focus:
The design of policy measures incentivising cybersecurity investment and the economic interactions underlying the joint regulation of cybersecurity, data privacy and competition.

Goals:

  • Describe the current UK regulatory landscape affecting cybersecurity

  • Understand the economic interactions with data privacy and competition that affect the design of cybersecurity policies, with input from industry stakeholders

  • Explore the need for regulatory co-ordination between data privacy and cybersecurity, and between competition and cybersecurity

Theme of Core Research:
Regulation & Policy

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