Abstract

Small businesses are increasingly under threat of cybersecurity attacks. An increasingly long list of tools with different purposes and coverage are available to help. But it can be difficult to choose which tools to use, particularly for a small business that may lack financial resources, expertise, and time. Research literature focuses on providing frameworks to follow to protect a business generally. Some research considers an aspect of creating a Security Operations Center. Other research describes the creation of a Security Operations Center as a Service with all the components the researchers deemed necessary. None of the current research literature seems to focus on how to determine which already existing security tools to use. This paper proposes and evaluates a tool evaluation matrix that facilitates small businesses' deciding which existing tools to invest their time and money into to get the protection they need.

Degree

College and Department

Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering; Electrical and Computer Engineering

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