Cyber risk research impeded by disciplinary barriers

Gregory Falco; Martin Eling; Danielle Jablanski; Matthias Weber; Virginia Miller; Lawrence A. Gordon; Shaun Shuxun Wang; Joan Schmit; Russell Thomas; Mauro Elvedi; Thomas Maillart; Emy Donavan; Simon Dejung; Eric Durand; Franklin Nutter; Uzi Scheffer; Gil Arazi; Gilbert Ohana; Herbert Lin

doi:10.1126/science.aaz4795

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Cyber risk research impeded by disciplinary barriers

Gregory Falco1,2,3,
Martin Eling4,
Danielle Jablanski5,
Matthias Weber6,7,
Virginia Miller8,
Lawrence A. Gordon9,10,
Shaun Shuxun Wang11,
Joan Schmit12,
Russell Thomas13,14,
Mauro Elvedi15,
Thomas Maillart16,
Emy Donavan17,
Simon Dejung18,
Eric Durand19,
Franklin Nutter20,
Uzi Scheffer21,
Gil Arazi22,
Gilbert Ohana23,
Herbert Lin24,25,26,27,28,29

¹Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
²Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
³Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
⁴Institute of Insurance Economics, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
⁵Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
⁶CyberCube, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁷Next Insurance U.S., Palo Alto, CA USA.
⁸Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
⁹Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
¹⁰University of Maryland's Cybersecurity Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
¹¹Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
¹²Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
¹³Department of Computational and Data Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA.
¹⁴Risk Management Solutions, Newark, CA USA.
¹⁵Institute of Insurance Economics, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
¹⁶Geneva School of Economics and Management, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
¹⁷Cyber, Tech & Media Professional Indemnity, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, San Francisco, CA, USA.
¹⁸Global Line Engineering, SCOR SE, Paris, France.
¹⁹Cyber Center of Competence, Swiss Re Institute, Zurich, Switzerland.
²⁰Reinsurance Association of America, Washington, DC, USA.
²¹SOSA, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
²²FinTLV Ventures, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
²³FinTLV Ventures, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
²⁴Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
²⁵The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford, CA, USA.
²⁶Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council, Washington, DC, USA.
²⁷Saltzman Institute for War and Peace Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
²⁸Science and Security Board, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Chicago, IL, USA.
²⁹Center for Long-Term Cyber Security, University of California–Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.

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Science 29 Nov 2019:
Vol. 366, Issue 6469, pp. 1066-1069
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz4795

Gregory Falco

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

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Martin Eling

Institute of Insurance Economics, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

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Danielle Jablanski

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

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Matthias Weber

CyberCube, San Francisco, CA, USA. Next Insurance U.S., Palo Alto, CA USA.

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Virginia Miller

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

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Lawrence A. Gordon

Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA. University of Maryland's Cybersecurity Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.

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Shaun Shuxun Wang

Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

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Joan Schmit

Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA.

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Russell Thomas

Department of Computational and Data Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA. Risk Management Solutions, Newark, CA USA.

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Mauro Elvedi

Institute of Insurance Economics, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

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Thomas Maillart

Geneva School of Economics and Management, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

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Emy Donavan

Cyber, Tech & Media Professional Indemnity, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, San Francisco, CA, USA.

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Simon Dejung

Global Line Engineering, SCOR SE, Paris, France.

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Eric Durand

Cyber Center of Competence, Swiss Re Institute, Zurich, Switzerland.

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Franklin Nutter

Reinsurance Association of America, Washington, DC, USA.

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Uzi Scheffer

SOSA, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

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Gil Arazi

FinTLV Ventures, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

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Gilbert Ohana

FinTLV Ventures, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

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Herbert Lin

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford, CA, USA. Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council, Washington, DC, USA. Saltzman Institute for War and Peace Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. Science and Security Board, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Chicago, IL, USA. Center for Long-Term Cyber Security, University of California–Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.

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