A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPENSATING FOR AND REDUCING SECURITY ATTACKS ON NETWORK ENTITIES

摘要

Security attacks on network entities can be compensated for and reduced through insurance that modifies incentives. In one example, a virtual slice provider includes a secure and non- secure slice having resources to provide network access to users through a service provider. The secure slice is assigned a first security level and a non-secure slice is assigned a second lower security level. In one embodiment, the second slice is isolated from the first slice. The virtual slice provider also has a risk policy between the slice provider and the service provider to establish different rates charged to the service provider for access to the secure and non-secure slices and to provide different levels of payment to the service provider for losses resulting from a lack of security in each slice.