Table 6.

Study inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Studies that were published in English	Studies published in languages other than English
Search keywords appear in the title, abstract, or article keywords	Duplicate research papers
Studies that present advanced persistent threat detection mechanisms	Studies that do not address the research questions or sufficiently identify the subject.
Studies published in journals during the period 2012–2022	Studies that have fewer than 6 pages