Volume 12, Number 3

Ontology-based Model for Security Assessment: Predicting Cyberattacks through Threat Activity Analysis

  Authors

Pavel Yermalovich and Mohamed Mejri, Université Laval, Canada

  Abstract

The prediction of attacks is essential for the prevention of potential risk. Therefore, risk forecasting contributes a lot to the optimization of the information security budget. This article focuses on the ontology and stages of a cyberattack. It introduces the main representatives of the attacking side and describes their motivation.

  Keywords

Cyberattack, cyberattack prediction, ontology, cyberattack ontology, information security, cybersecurity, IT security, data security, threat activity.