The development of the Internet, the ensuing explosion of electronic commerce, and the use of computer networks for virtually every form of communication have created a significant challenge to our traditional understanding of security. Customer and client information, payment information, personal files, bank account details, and a variety of other online information flows are not as secure as they need to be. As with the economic erosion that can accompany the loss of security of tangible property, inadequate protection of electronically transmitted information presents significant risks to our economy.
Our work seeks to improve cybersecurity through better understanding of its non-technological, but immensely important drivers – behavior, economics, and policy.
Principal Investigators and Conveners: Robin Dillon-Merrill, John Mayo, Catherine Tinsley
Rules in Flux: How Trade Uncertainty Is Reshaping Supply Chains, Investment, and U.S. Competitiveness
March 2nd, 2026
In case you missed the most recent Georgetown on the Hill Event On Thursday, Feb. 12, experts convened at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C. for the Center for…
ICYMI: The Spectrum Pipeline and Related Policy Reset — What’s Next?
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During our January edition of Little Nuggets of Tech and Telecom, Professor Tom Hazlett, H.H. Macaulay Endowed Professor of Economics at Clemson University and the author of “The Political…
In Case You Missed It: Fifth AI in Action Conference, Making AI Work: What Firms and Workers Need
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