We must treat cybersecurity as a public good. Here's why

Lighthouses are a public good: everyone benefits, and no one can be excluded from doing so. Image: REUTERS/Philip Massie
Mariarosaria Taddeo
Research Fellow and Deputy Director, Digital Ethics Lab, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
Francesca Bosco
Project Lead, Cyber-Resilience, Centre for Cybersecurity, World Economic Forum

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