A Quantitative Study: Using the Latin Square Design Model in the Prioritization of Network Security Threats | Chapter 7 | New Ideas Concerning Science and Technology Vol. 1

 

As the same computer networks become increasingly important to organisational business processes, cyber criminals continue to target organisational computer networks. In the business and government planning process, strategic planning and addressing IT security threats play an important role. This quantitative study examines whether it is possible to effectively apply the Latin Square Design (LSD) model to the prioritisation of cybersecurity threats and to relate in-depth measures of information assurance protection to those threats. The methods used in this study consisted of scanning 10 cybersecurity websites such as the US CERT (United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team) Department of Homeland Security and the SANS Institute (SysAdmin, Audit, Network and Security) using the Likert Scale Model for the top ten list of cyber threats facing organisations on the website and in-depth network defence steps to combat them. In order to decide whether the Likert scale and the LSD model could be effectively implemented to prioritise information assurance steps to secure organisational computing devices, a comparison of each cyber security vulnerability was then made using LSD. The study results refute the H0 null hypothesis that LSD does not affect the relationship between the top ten cybersecurity threat based variables rating of 10 cybersecurity websites and the independent safety variables in depth measures used to defend organisational devices against cyber-attacks.

Author(s) Details

Dr. Rodney Alexander
Hutchinson Community College, Hutchinson, Kansas, USA.

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Reducing Threats by Using Bayesian Networks to Prioritize and Combine Defense in Depth Security Measures| Chapter 6 | New Ideas Concerning Science and Technology Vol. 1

 This paper analysed whether the Bayesian Network Model (BNM) can be effectively used to prioritise in-depth security tools and procedures for protection and to combine those steps to reduce cyber threats. A balance between the defence capability and cost , efficiency, and operational considerations is recommended by the strategy. The methods used in this study were to search 24 peer-reviewed cybersecurity papers from leading cybersecurity journals using the Likert Scale Model for the article's list of in-depth safety measures (tools and procedures) and the risks to be mitigated by those measures. In order to see if the Likert scale and the Bayesian Network Model could be effectively implemented to prioritise and combine steps to minimise cyber attacks against organisational and private computing networks, the security tools and procedures were then compared. The study results refute the H0 null hypothesis that the relationship between the prioritisation and the combination of 24 Cybersecurity Article safety instruments and procedures (independent variables) and cyber threats (dependent variables) is not influenced by BNM.

Author(s) Details

Dr. Rodney Alexander
Hutchinson Community College, Hutchinson, Kansas, USA.

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A Quantitative Study on Using the Analytical Hierarchy Process Model in the Prioritization of Information Assurance Defense In-depth Measures | Chapter 5 | New Ideas Concerning Science and Technology Vol. 1

 This quantitative study investigates whether the model of the analytical hierarchy method (AHP) can be effectively extended to the prioritisation of in-depth security measures for knowledge assurance. The President, policymakers, analysts, and others have characterised cybersecurity as a pressing national security problem in response to these threats. The strategies used in this research consisted of emailing study participants a survey requesting that five security in-depth information assurance steps, anti-virus, intrusion detection, password, smart cards, and encryption be prioritised, with a range of responses from 1-5 using a Likert scale to take into account standard expense, performance, and perceived ease of use in terms of organisational safety The measures, based on ranking, were then weighted. Using AHP to assess whether the Likert scale and the AHP model could be effectively applied to the prioritisation of information assurance measures to secure organisational computing devices, a pair-wise comparison was then made of each of the five measures. The research findings reject the H0 null hypothesis that AHP does not affect the relationship between the prioritisation of five security in-depth dependent variables by information technology analysts and the independent variables of cost, ease of use, and effectiveness in protecting organisational devices from cyber-attacks.

Author(s) Details

Dr. Rodney Alexander
Hutchinson Community College, Hutchinson, Kansas, USA.

View Book :- https://bp.bookpi.org/index.php/bpi/catalog/book/308