Aiming to Reduce the Time Required to Detect Malicious Cyber Activities

Aiming to Reduce
the Time Required to Detect Malicious Cyber Activities

A Study at UOB Examines
the Development of Network Security Selection Criteria in the Kingdom of
Bahrain

7 August 2020

A technical study at the
University of Bahrain (UOB) examined ways to develop a set of criteria to
choose network security aiming to reduce the time required to detect and
contain malicious cyber activities and increase the effectiveness of security
measures used to detect and respond to attacks and threats to network security
in real time.

The study examines “The Role
of Using Technologies Based on User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA),
Analyzing User Behavior and Communications Network Entities in Detecting
Security Attacks During Real Time: A Study based on the Kingdom of Bahrain.”

In her study for a master’s
degree in information technology, the researcher Mania Ali Sulaitin presented a
tested set of criteria necessary to evaluate and choose the best solution to
ensure network security that depends on UEBA.

The researcher believes that
network security solutions based on UEbA are effective network security
measures to protect computer systems and networks, and UEBA’s capabilities have
proven to address network security challenges through its ability to detect
intruders and security breaches that infiltrates network security system
technologies and its traditional preventative services.

Sulaitin defined the current
network security challenges facing the business sector and their implications
and worked on analyzing the traditional solutions used in the field of network
security today, and their shortcomings in addressing current challenges.

The discussion was done through a
video call, and the discussion committee consisted of Prof. Faraj Ahmed Ez
Al-Deen from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals as an external
examiner, Professor Ahmed Shaher Mashour from UOB as an internal examiner, and
Prof. Dr. Ali Hussain Zalait from UOB as a supervisor.

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Key Words

Network Security, Detection and Containment of Malicious Cyber
Activities, Masters in Information Technology, User and Entity Behavior
Analytics