A Data-Driven Predictive Analysis on Cyber Security Threats with Key Risk Factors

Fuente: arXiv
Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Johora, Fatama Tuz, Khan, Md Shahedul Islam, Kanon, Esrath, Rony, Mohammad Abu Tareq, Zubair, Md, Sarker, Iqbal H.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
Subjects:
Online Access:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866910392303747072
author Johora, Fatama Tuz
Khan, Md Shahedul Islam
Kanon, Esrath
Rony, Mohammad Abu Tareq
Zubair, Md
Sarker, Iqbal H.
author_facet Johora, Fatama Tuz
Khan, Md Shahedul Islam
Kanon, Esrath
Rony, Mohammad Abu Tareq
Zubair, Md
Sarker, Iqbal H.
contents Cyber risk refers to the risk of defacing reputation, monetary losses, or disruption of an organization or individuals, and this situation usually occurs by the unconscious use of cyber systems. The cyber risk is unhurriedly increasing day by day and it is right now a global threat. Developing countries like Bangladesh face major cyber risk challenges. The growing cyber threat worldwide focuses on the need for effective modeling to predict and manage the associated risk. This paper exhibits a Machine Learning(ML) based model for predicting individuals who may be victims of cyber attacks by analyzing socioeconomic factors. We collected the dataset from victims and non-victims of cyberattacks based on socio-demographic features. The study involved the development of a questionnaire to gather data, which was then used to measure the significance of features. Through data augmentation, the dataset was expanded to encompass 3286 entries, setting the stage for our investigation and modeling. Among several ML models with 19, 20, 21, and 26 features, we proposed a novel Pertinent Features Random Forest (RF) model, which achieved maximum accuracy with 20 features (95.95\%) and also demonstrated the association among the selected features using the Apriori algorithm with Confidence (above 80\%) according to the victim. We generated 10 important association rules and presented the framework that is rigorously evaluated on real-world datasets, demonstrating its potential to predict cyberattacks and associated risk factors effectively. Looking ahead, future efforts will be directed toward refining the predictive model's precision and delving into additional risk factors, to fortify the proposed framework's efficacy in navigating the complex terrain of cybersecurity threats.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2404_00068
institution arXiv
publishDate 2024
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle A Data-Driven Predictive Analysis on Cyber Security Threats with Key Risk Factors
Johora, Fatama Tuz
Khan, Md Shahedul Islam
Kanon, Esrath
Rony, Mohammad Abu Tareq
Zubair, Md
Sarker, Iqbal H.
Cryptography and Security
Machine Learning
Cyber risk refers to the risk of defacing reputation, monetary losses, or disruption of an organization or individuals, and this situation usually occurs by the unconscious use of cyber systems. The cyber risk is unhurriedly increasing day by day and it is right now a global threat. Developing countries like Bangladesh face major cyber risk challenges. The growing cyber threat worldwide focuses on the need for effective modeling to predict and manage the associated risk. This paper exhibits a Machine Learning(ML) based model for predicting individuals who may be victims of cyber attacks by analyzing socioeconomic factors. We collected the dataset from victims and non-victims of cyberattacks based on socio-demographic features. The study involved the development of a questionnaire to gather data, which was then used to measure the significance of features. Through data augmentation, the dataset was expanded to encompass 3286 entries, setting the stage for our investigation and modeling. Among several ML models with 19, 20, 21, and 26 features, we proposed a novel Pertinent Features Random Forest (RF) model, which achieved maximum accuracy with 20 features (95.95\%) and also demonstrated the association among the selected features using the Apriori algorithm with Confidence (above 80\%) according to the victim. We generated 10 important association rules and presented the framework that is rigorously evaluated on real-world datasets, demonstrating its potential to predict cyberattacks and associated risk factors effectively. Looking ahead, future efforts will be directed toward refining the predictive model's precision and delving into additional risk factors, to fortify the proposed framework's efficacy in navigating the complex terrain of cybersecurity threats.
title A Data-Driven Predictive Analysis on Cyber Security Threats with Key Risk Factors
topic Cryptography and Security
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.00068