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Lessons for Cybersecurity from the American Public Health System

Cryptography and Security 2025-06-17 v1

Abstract

The United States needs national institutions and frameworks to systematically collect cybersecurity data, measure outcomes, and coordinate responses across government and private sectors, similar to how public health systems track and address disease outbreaks.

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@article{arxiv.2506.12257,
  title  = {Lessons for Cybersecurity from the American Public Health System},
  author = {Adam Shostack and L. Jean Camp and Yi Ting Chua and Josiah Dykstra and Brian LaMacchia and Daniel Lopresti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.12257},
  year   = {2025}
}