Preface to the Focused Issue on Dynamic Games in Cyber Security

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Dynamic games offer a natural paradigm to model and analyze security of networked systems. Many game-theoretic models have been introduced in recent years to capture the strategic interactions between multiple agents or decision makers, with a focus on security and efficiency as conflicting objectives. More sophisticated models include asymmetric information or dynamically evolving network security. Realistic models that can be analyzed rigorously and offer relevant insights are needed to address important issues such as vulnerability assessment, analysis of network security and cyber-induced failures, incentivizing investments in security, and design of mechanisms to reduce risks. To promote further research in this subject, Dynamic Games and Applications is publishing the focused issue “Dynamic Games in Cyber Security.” This issue features five papers on game-theoretic models and analysis approaches for cyber and cyber-physical security of networked systems. …