Financial Cryptography

Designing Risk Transfer Instruments for Internet Risk

John Quarterman, who runs an extreme risks blog, is talking at the RSA conference on Designing Risk Transfer Instruments for Internet Risk.

His co-panelists are Robert Parisi, Steve Schoenberger. Good to see that risk is returning to the net.

"When IT can't fix an Internet security problem, business losses occur. The traditional solution in other industries risk transfer via financial instruments like insurance. This session will explore how policies, assessments, sales and claims adjustment require quantification of anomalies. It will also explore why increased security requires reduction of moral hazard and adverse selection. "

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