The utilization of trend analysis in the effective monitoring of information security. Part 1: the concept

Abstract

A survey recently completed by the Computer Security Institute and the Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed that corporations, banks, and governments all face a growing threat from computer crime, and in particular computer hacking. The computer hacking activities caused well over $100 million in losses last year in the USA and the trend toward professional computer crime, such as computer hacking, is on the rise. Different methods are currently used to control the computer crime problem, for example, to control the access to and from a network by implementing a firewall. As the survey highlighted, most of these methods are inefficient. New means and ways which will minimise and control the hacking problem must therefore continuously be researched and defined. This paper will propose a method, based on trend analysis, that could be utilized to minimise and control the hacking problem in an organisation.

Citation

Botha, M. and von Solms, R. (2001), "The utilization of trend analysis in the effective monitoring of information security. Part 1: the concept", Information Management & Computer Security, Vol. 9 No. 5, pp. 237-242. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000006069