... ofselfish investment in network security will be one of ourfocuses. In this paper, we study how network topology, users’preference and their mutual in uence affect network security in a non-cooperative ... contrary, in the network security game we studyhere, if a user increases his investment, the security level ofother users will improve. In this sense, it falls into the categoryof games with ... anarchy,repeated game, correlated equilibrium, positive externalityI. INTRODUCTION Security in a communication network depends not only onthe security investment made by individual users, but also onthe interdependency...