Daniel Woods

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I research cyber insurance and the economics of cybersecurity & privacy.
Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh.
websitehttps://www.danielwoods.info/
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Daniel WoodsOct 10, 2023

#weis2024 is on an accelerated timeline this year.

The Submission deadline is 30 November 2023.

Details: https://weis.utdallas.edu/call-for-contributions/

Call for Papers - WEIS | The University of Texas at Dallas

Call for Papers The Workshop on the Economics of Information Security (WEIS) is the leading forum for interdisciplinary scholarship on information se...

Daniel WoodsMay 19, 2023
Frederik BorgesiusMay 19, 2023

Almost the entire world can use Google's chatbot Bard except Europe. The reason remains vague, so far.

With some quotes from me (In Dutch). I speculate that the Google is unsure how to comply with the GDPR, such as the GDPR's transparency requirements.

'Bijna de hele wereld kan Google’s chatbot Bard gebruiken behalve Europa, de reden blijft (nog) vaag'

https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/bijna-de-hele-wereld-kan-google-s-chatbot-bard-gebruiken-behalve-europa-de-reden-blijft-nog-vaag~bd12f913/ #tech #bard #google #ai #llms #chatgpt #law #EU #dataprotection #gdpr

Bijna de hele wereld kan Google’s chatbot Bard gebruiken behalve Europa, de reden blijft (nog) vaag

Google’s ChatGPT-variant Bard is voorlopig nog niet beschikbaar in Nederland en andere EU-landen. Google houdt zich op de vlakte over de reden, maa...

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Show threadDaniel WoodsApr 7, 2023
@neil @ahnlak
Actually what I said isn't true. The majority of GPC users *blocked* the dialog. But a majority of those who didn't block it, clicked accept.
Daniel WoodsApr 7, 2023
@neil @ahnlak
A majority of users clicked accepted when a colleague embedded a dialog on a website about a network security tool, even a majority of users with GPC/DNT enabled clicked accept. What we call a "conflicting privacy preference signal".
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2109.14286.pdf
Daniel WoodsApr 3, 2023
It is somehow worse when a strong paper that you reviewed is rejected than when a paper you wrote is rejected. I wrote a gushing review and it was lost to another reviewer with fair but imo pretty minor quibbles. RIP
Show threadDaniel WoodsMar 30, 2023
@securescientist It was a hill I was willing to die on for a while, but then I reali*s*ed that it's not worth it for paper submission.Too many reviewers complain about spelling mistakes and it's not fair on co-authors (+ myself) to risk that being the deciding issue.
Daniel WoodsMar 29, 2023

Microsoft announce an IR panel "designed to work with cyber insurance vendors".

The idea that BigTech firms would design their offering to interface with insurance would've been ridiculous just 5* years ago.

*the exact number is debatable
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/03/27/microsoft-incident-response-retainer-is-generally-available/

Microsoft Incident Response Retainer is generally available - Microsoft Security Blog

Microsoft Security is expanding its incident response presence and we’re excited to announce the Microsoft Incident Response Retainer is now generally available.

Microsoft Security Blog
Daniel WoodsMar 29, 2023

Incredible graph tracking the price of cyber insurance
from the Economic Report of the President.

It could just as easily track the cybersecurity level required of policyholders.

Are hard insurance markets better for society? 🤔

Daniel WoodsMar 29, 2023
LucaMar 15, 2023

Latest by @alphacentauri and me. Two years of strenuous data collection funneled into what I think is one of the most rigorous analyses out there for #cybercrime data.

We employ and extend the cyber risk model by @danielwwoods and Böhme to contextualize and evaluate which victim characteristic drive #cyber attackers preferences when launching #impersonation attacks.

The paper will be presented at Usenix Security 2023 this summer. Preprint: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2303.03249.pdf #cybercrime #infosec

Show threadDaniel WoodsJan 23, 2023

Beazley launched a $45m cyber cat bond [1].
HannoverRe just tapped ILS investors for $100m of capital [2].
Coalition secured $300m of capital from private equity to launch an independent reinsurer [3].

It's premature for governments to rush in with backstops while there's so much innovation going on.

[1] https://www.ft.com/content/a945d290-a7f1-427c-84a6-b0b0574f7376
[2] https://www.artemis.bm/news/stone-ridge-retro-cyber-quota-share-hannover-re/
[3] https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/coalition-and-bdt-capital-partners-announce-the-launch-of-ferian-re-301648173.html

Insurer Beazley launches first catastrophe bond for cyber threats

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