Security and Communication Networks / 2022 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
Identifying Key Relationships between Nation-State Cyberattacks and Geopolitical and Economic Factors: A Model APTs GPE factors RQ1 RQ2 Methodology Dataset [27 ] x √ x x Custom cause-and-effect model Custom set of attacks, actors, and defenses [28 ] x √ x x Theoretical 31 cyberattacks [29 ] x √ x x Theoretical Theoretical [30 ] x √ x √ Pearson’s correlation and quadratic assignment procedure Arbor Networks DDoS attacks data, World Bank Open Data, EconStats web page, and U.S. Naval Academy data [31 ] x √ x x Formal Concept Analysis Open resources such as online news articles, books, and scholarly journals and papers [32 ] √ √ x x Baseline logistic regression models, mixed-effects models, and rare events logistic models Dyadic Cyber Incident and Campaign Dataset version 1.5, Standard International Trade Classification level 5, World Development Indicators, Economic Complexity Index from the MIT’s Observatory of Economic Complexity, Idealpoint index, Polity IV Project, and UCDP/PRIO Armed Conflict Dataset [33 ] √ √ x x Theoretical Theoretical [34 ] √1 √2 x x Ordinary Least Squares fixed-effects models and Generalised Least Squares (GLS) random-effects models Dyadic Cyber Incident and Dispute Dataset version 1.0 and media sources Ours √ √ √ √ Linear regression models 13 APT groups, GDELT data, World Development Indicators database, the United Nations Statistics Division, and the International Monetary Fund
1 Not only APTs but also a more diverse set of cyberattacks are considered. 2 Only strategic/diplomatic factors are considered.
