CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 Exam Cram, 7th Edition

Chapter 5

Threat Actors and Motivations

This chapter covers the following official Security+ exam objective:

• 2.1 Compare and contrast common threat actors and motivations.

Essential Terms and Components

• Threat actors

• Nation-state

• Unskilled attacker

• Hacktivist

• Insider threat

• Organized crime

• Shadow IT

• Attributes of actors

• Internal/external ...