Designing a conceptual model for monitoring the cyber threats of the Islamic republic of Iran1

At the present, the most of economic, commercial, cultural, social and sovereignty activities and interactions at all levels, including individuals, non- governmental organizations and governmental and administrating institutions, take place in cyberspace. Therefore, each of these domains needs its own operational model for monitoring threats. To maintain the integrity of these models, it is necessary to design a strategic reference model to define the aforementioned operational models, below it. This model should help to pay more attention to effective factors and variables and their relationships at the time of planning and making strategic decisions. By explaining the theoretical foundations and paradigms governing this study and also by examining the current status of threat monitoring, comparative studies, review of current laws of Iran and utilizing the upstream documents, the conceptual model of monitoring cyber threats of the Islamic republic of Iran can be designed. Given that Iran has not designed a model to monitor cyber threats, this study attempts to find the reason of it. By conducting descriptive studies and content analysis technique and also utilizing the technique of structural equations, this study, in addition of confirming the proposed model, considers scanning, evaluation and response as the most important dimensions of the cyber threat monitoring model in Iran. Therefore, with considering Iran's constant confrontation with global arrogance and the system of domination, this study proposes to accelerate the creation and development of a national information network, which leads to an increase in resilience and adaptation capacity.