# Valuing CyberSecurity Research Datasets

DevFeed: [Valuing CyberSecurity Research Datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/valuing-cybersecurity-research-datasets-37104.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shostack.org/blog/valuing-cybersecurity-research-datasets/>)

Author: Adam

Published: 2019-07-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Shostack & Friends Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shostack-friends-blog.md>)

Topics: [datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datasets.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybersecurity.md>)

Tags: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/datasets.md>), [dhs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dhs.md>), [economics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/economics.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>), [workshop](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workshop.md>)

## AI overview

The article discusses a paper evaluating the value of the IMPACT cybersecurity data-sharing platform at DHS and examining how data availability shapes research. It highlights research-data benefits, including scientific progress and broader access to ground truth, alongside barriers such as legal and ethical risks, costs, uncertain value, and weak incentives.

## Source excerpt

A paper at the Workshop on the Economics of Information Security titled "Valuing CyberSecurity Research Datasets" focuses on the value of the IMPACT data sharing platform at DHS, and how the availability of data shapes research.