Case Study of the Applied Information Economics Methodology for an Infrastructure IT Investment

摘要

This report presents the findings from the Applied Information Economics pilot. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) volunteered to participate in this pilot with its Information Security Program (ISP), which is an approved new infrastructure initiative that will mitigate information security-related risks across the department. The risks include reducing the cost and frequency of viruses, unauthorized access, fraud and other types of losses. The total cost for ISP over five years will be approximately $114 million. Applied Information Economics (AIE) is an analytical methodology that applies proven and practical scientific and mathematical methods to the IT decision process.