WEIS是一个国际性的信息安全经济研讨论坛,发起于2002年。主要发起人是英国剑桥大学计算实验室的Ross Anderson教授和美国伯克利大学的经济学教授Hal Varian以及其他一些经济学家。Anderson教授是公认的信息安全工程领域权威,所著有《Security Engineering》为信息安全专业人士耳熟能详。Varian教授是极具前瞻性的著名经济学家,早在1998年就提出“网络经济”的概念。WEIS的发起也受到了伯克利大学经济学教授George Akerlof的影响,Akerlof教授在那时刚刚因市场不对称信息 WEIS is an international information security forum for economic research, launched in 2002. The main sponsors are Professor Ross Anderson at the Computing Laboratory at the University of Cambridge in the UK and Hal Varian, an economics professor at the University of Berkeley, as well as other economists. Professor Anderson is recognized as the authority in the field of information security engineering, with “Security Engineering” familiar to the information security professional. Professor Varian is a forward-looking and well-known economist, as early as 1998 proposed the concept of “network economy.” The launch of WEIS was also influenced by George Akerlof, a professor of economics at Berkley University, at which time Professor Akerlof was due to market asymmetry