Identifying and Ranking the Factors Influencing The Success of the Integrated Threat Management System

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PhD in accounting, Islamic Azad University of Najafabad , Iran

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Firewall is known as one of the most widely used security products in computer network security. During its lifespan, this technology has faced a lot of changes. These changes have occurred mostly due to the emergence of new phenomena in network threats. This research is an attempt to introduce the technologies in the creation of firewalls. Accordingly, this research is intended to identify and prioritize factors affecting the success of the integrated threat management system. This is a mixed research, a combination of quantitative and qualitative reseaerch. Data collection tool in the qualitative section of the research includes semi-structured interviews, and in the quantitative section encompasses a questionnaire. In the qualitative section of the research, the data and information obtained from the interviews were used to identify the factors, and the components and indicators of the factors affecting the success of the integrated threat management system were identified. Furthermore, using Expert Choice and SPSS software, the factors affecting the success of the integrated threat management system were identified and ranked in the quantitative part. In other words, the factors affecting success were identified by the use of Fuzzy Hierarchical Analysis, and the factors affecting success were ranked by the use of Fuzzy TOPSIS method. The statistical population of the study contains the employees of Aminpardazan Kavir Company. This Company contains six smaller companies producing integrated local threat management system approved by the Information Technology Organization. Each company contains 10 specialized managers, senior experts and specialists. The questionnaires were proposed to the employees online. 50 of the 60 managers, senior experts and specialists at the companies responded the questions. The research was conducted in the spring and summer of 2018. The results indicated that individual, functional, organizational, and environmental factors were effective on the success of the integrated threat management system using Fuzzy hierarchical analysis. The ranking of these factors through the Fuzzy TOPSIS method revealed that individual factors occupy the highest ranks, and environmental factors are placed at the lowest ranks.

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Journal of System Management Studies
Volume 1, Issue 3
November 2020
Pages 53-96

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