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Quantitative Metrics and Risk Assessment: The Three Tenets Model of Cybersecurity
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Introduction CyberattacksCybersecurityThree Tenets ModelEngineeringInformation SecurityCyber Security EngineeringRisk AnalysisSecurity MeasurementCyber-risk ManagementRisk ManagementManagementDenial-of-service AttackSystems EngineeringDenial-of-service AttacksQuantitative MetricsProlexic TechnologiesDdos DetectionComputer ScienceCyberattackSecond QuarterRisk AssessmentCybersecurity SystemNetwork Traffic Measurement
Introduction Cyberattacks are increasing in frequency and severity. Prolexic Technologies (2013) reports that the average packet-per-second rate of distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks reached 47.4 million packets per second and the corresponding average bandwidth reached 49.24 Gbps in the second quarter of 2013. These are increases of 1,655% and 925% respectively over