CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 Cert Guide

Chapter 5

Comparing and Contrasting Common Threat Actors and Motivations

This chapter covers the following topics related to Objective 2.1 (Compare and contrast common threat actors and motivations) of the CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 certification exam:

• Threat actors

• Attributes of actors

• Motivations

This chapter reviews threat actors, including nation-state actors, unskilled attackers, hacktivists, insider threats, organized crime, and shadow IT. It investigates the attributes of threat actors, such as internal/external nature, resources/funding, and level of sophistication/capability, and reviews a wide range of their motivations.

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