Background and aims of the study
This study is conducted in 2024–2025 by scientists from the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) and the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI). The study aims to determine how the computer behaviours of users and administrators affect the work of those monitoring or analysing security events in computer networks. More specifically, the aim of the study is to increase knowledge of how behaviours and actions give rise to events that require analysis effort from humans. The insights gained in this study will, among other things, make it possible to produce better test cases for detection systems and enable more realistic cyber security exercises. Ultimately, the aim of the study is to improve the cyber defences of organisations in the European Union. The study is part of a larger project on AI-supported intrusion detection and response. This project is called AInception and is funded by the European Defence Fund (GA 101103385 - AInception).
About your data
If you choose to answer this survey, we will compile your answers with other respondents’ answers. The results of this study may be compiled and published in scientific papers and publicly available reports. Your responses will be stored for at least ten years.
To answer the survey you need to provide your informed consent to the processing of your answers. The processing of your data will be conducted in accordance with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time, in which case we will delete your responses or completely anonymise them. If you choose not to take part in the survey, or wish to discontinue your participation, you do not need to say why. If you wish to access your data, you can contact us below, or the data protection officer on dataskyddsombud@foi.se or by phone on +46855503000. If you are unhappy with how your data are processed, you have the legal right to complain with the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY).
Answering this survey
It will probably take you about 30 minutes to respond to this survey. Many questions will ask for quantifications or assessments that may be difficult to provide exact answers for, or depend on specifics not detailed in the questions. In those cases, please remember that your estimate or guess will be more useful than a blank answer. Your answers are valuable to us and we hope that you take part in this survey!
Contact details
If you have any questions about the survey, please contact us. This study is led by Deputy Research Director Teodor Sommestad (Teodor.Sommestad@foi.se , +46 766078963) and Florian Skopik (Florian.Skopik@ait.ac.at, +43 6648251495).
