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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAn Investigation into Information Security Threats from Insiders and how to Mitigate them: A Case Study of Zambian Public SectorMelissa K. Chinyemba, Jackson PhiriInsider attacks are security breaches posed by an existing or former organizational stakeholder with unrestricted access rights to the resources who, with or without intent, compromises the confidentiality, integrity and availability of organizational data. Zambian public organizations are vulnerable to insider attacks due to a number of factors that include; technology complexity, understaffing, financial gains, lack of security policies and … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 14, Issue 10 · 29 Oct 2018 · 8,249 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Novel Hybrid Method for Network Anomaly Detection Based on Traffic Prediction and Change Point DetectionMouhammd AlkasassbehIn recent years, computer networks have become more and more advanced in terms of size, applications, complexity and level of heterogeneity. Moreover, availability and performance are important issues for end users. New types of cyber-attacks that can affect and damage network performance and availability are constantly emerging and some threats, such as Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, can be … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 14, Issue 2 · 3 Jan 2018 · 8,404 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCombating Cyber Terrorism-Assessment of Log for Malicious SignaturesKamalanaban Ethala, R. SeshadriEnhancing security to the networks and preventing the cyber attacks is a major issue in all domains. In this study, a new class of cyber terrorism is addressed where mischievous and malicious behaviour is the root cause for the modification of network data stored in an open database. An attempt is made in this study to develop an algorithm that … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 12 · 7 Nov 2013 · 6,635 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Survey of Anomaly Detection Using Data Mining Methods for Hypertext Transfer Protocol Web ServicesMohsen Kakavand, Norwati Mustapha, Aida Mustapha et al.In contrast to traditional Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs), data mining anomaly detection methods/techniques has been widely used in the domain of network traffic data for intrusion detection and cyber threat. Data mining is widely recognized as popular and important intelligent and automatic tools to assist humans in big data security analysis and anomaly detection over IDSs. In this study we … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 11, Issue 1 · 22 Jan 2015 · 9,252 accessesView PDF Cite