An Event Management Framework to Aid Solution Providers in Cybersecurity
[Thesis]
Ryan James Leon
Islam, Muhammad F.; Eggstaff, Justin
The George Washington University
2018
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Committee members: Childers, Gregory; Eggstaff, Justin; Islam, Muhammad F.; Mazzuchi, Thomas A.; Sarkani, Shahram
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-63163-0
D.Engr.
Engineering Management
The George Washington University
2018
Cybersecurity event management is critical to the successful accomplishment of an organization's mission. To put it in perspective, in 2016 Symantec tracked over 700 global adversaries and recorded events from 98 million sensors (Aimoto et al., 2017). Studies show that in 2015, more than 55% of the cyberattacks on government operation centers were due to negligence and the lack of skilled personnel to perform network security duties including the failure to properly identify events (Ponemon, 2015a). Practitioners are charged to perform as first responders to any event that affects the network. Inconsistencies and errors that occur at this level can determine the outcome of an event.