Lessons for Cybersecurity from the American Public Health System

2025/03/03 by Shostack, Adam, Camp, L. Jean, Chua, Yi Ting +3
#Cryptography and Security (cs.CR) #FOS: Computer and information sciences

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2506.12257

Abstract

The United States needs national institutions and frameworks to systematically collect cybersecurity data, measure outcomes, and coordinate responses across government and private sectors, similar to how public health systems track and address disease outbreaks.

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