Pricing of cyber insurance contracts in a network model

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Autoren

  • M. A. Fahrenwaldt
  • S. Weber
  • K. Weske

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  • Heriot-Watt University
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)1175-1218
Seitenumfang44
FachzeitschriftASTIN Bulletin
Jahrgang48
Ausgabenummer3
Frühes Online-Datum25 Juli 2018
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Sept. 2018

Abstract

We develop a novel approach for pricing cyber insurance contracts. The considered cyber threats, such as viruses and worms, diffuse in a structured data network. The spread of the cyber infection is modeled by an interacting Markov chain. Conditional on the underlying infection, the occurrence and size of claims are described by a marked point process. We introduce and analyze a new polynomial approximation of claims together with a mean-field approach that allows to compute aggregate expected losses and prices of cyber insurance. Numerical case studies demonstrate the impact of the network topology and indicate that higher order approximations are indispensable for the analysis of non-linear claims.

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Pricing of cyber insurance contracts in a network model. / Fahrenwaldt, M. A.; Weber, S.; Weske, K.
in: ASTIN Bulletin, Jahrgang 48, Nr. 3, 09.2018, S. 1175-1218.

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Fahrenwaldt MA, Weber S, Weske K. Pricing of cyber insurance contracts in a network model. ASTIN Bulletin. 2018 Sep;48(3):1175-1218. Epub 2018 Jul 25. doi: 10.1017/asb.2018.23, 10.15488/4157
Fahrenwaldt, M. A. ; Weber, S. ; Weske, K. / Pricing of cyber insurance contracts in a network model. in: ASTIN Bulletin. 2018 ; Jahrgang 48, Nr. 3. S. 1175-1218.
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