Method and system for scoring severity of cyber attacks

A computer system for determining a threat level score for a detected network attack, comprising:

• a memory configured to store instructions;
• a processor disposed in communication with said memory, wherein said processor upon execution of the instructions is configured to:
• receive network data having a detected network attack;
• analyze the received network data to determine metadata associated with a detected network attack;
• analyze the determined metadata associated with the detected network attack to determine:
• 1) an attack objective component;
• 2) an attack method component;
• and 3) an attack execution component, each being associated with the network attack;
• determine a severity score value of the detected network attack based upon calculating a weighted value for each of the:
• 1) an attack objective component;
• 2) an attack method component;
• and 3) an attack execution component;
• and
• generate an alert of a network attack based upon the determined severity score value.