Threat Actors

Definitions

Look, you are going to see these types of lists floating around, including the ever present “State Sponsored” boogeymen.

  • Organised crime

  • State sponsored

  • Hacktivists

  • Terrorists

  • Individual hackers

  • Malicious insiders

  • Accidental insiders

The Main ones you need to be aware of for small business is:

  • Internal error and accidents, and internal malicious behaviours

    • eg disgruntled staff

  • Hacking for profit

  • everything else

  • State Sponsored boogeymen