Governments as Cybersecurity Market Participants

Governments participate in all sorts of markets. They license intellectual property, lease, buy, and sell assets such as real estate, securities, energy, advertising, goods, and services. Governments procure and manage fleets of automobiles, ships, and aircraft. Governments are also very active in labor markets where they are typically major employers that hire and fire employees, contract workers, agencies, and other outside parties. The economies of most countries rely on governments as major sources of spending and employment.

The scope and scale of national governments typically dwarf even the largest private sector enterprises within their borders. Remember that national governments typically have numerous departments or ministries that represent arms of the military, national police, national courts, national intelligence capabilities, national banks, healthcare institutions, education institutions, energy, and many other functions...