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ICGS3 2015: Global Security, Safety and Sustainability: Tomorrow's Challenges of Cyber Security pp 21–34Cite as

Improving Cyber Situational Awareness Through Data Mining and Predictive Analytic Techniques

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Due to the widespread usage of computer resources in everyday life, cyber security has been highlighted as one of the main concerns of governments and authorities. Data mining technology can be used for prevention of cyber breaches in different ways and Cyber Situational Awareness (CSA) can be improved based on analyzing past experiences in terms of cyber-attacks. This paper aims to investigate and review current state of CSA improvement through data mining techniques and predictive analytic and offers possible methodology based on data mining techniques which can be used by cyber firms in order to secure themselves against future cyber threats.

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  1. The Cultural, Communication and Computing Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK

    Sina Pournouri & Babak Akhgar

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  1. GSM London, London, United Kingdom

    Hamid Jahankhani

  2. SC Strategy Limited, London, United Kingdom

    Alex Carlile

  3. Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Babak Akhgar

  4. Deutsche Bank, New York, USA

    Amie Taal

  5. City University, London, United Kingdom

    Ali G. Hessami

  6. Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom

    Amin Hosseinian-Far

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Pournouri, S., Akhgar, B. (2015). Improving Cyber Situational Awareness Through Data Mining and Predictive Analytic Techniques. In: Jahankhani, H., Carlile, A., Akhgar, B., Taal, A., Hessami, A., Hosseinian-Far, A. (eds) Global Security, Safety and Sustainability: Tomorrow's Challenges of Cyber Security. ICGS3 2015. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 534. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23276-8_3

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