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Threat actors, attributes and motivations

Domain 2: threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigations (V7 22%) / attacks (V8 24%) · Lesson 1 of 8

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Threat actors, attributes and motivations

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Compare threat actors: nation-state/state-sponsored, unskilled attacker, hacktivist, insider (malicious and accidental), organized crime, competitor, terrorist, and shadow IT (SY0-701)
Evaluate actor attributes: internal/external, resources/funding and level of sophistication/capability

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Match motivations to actors: financial gain, espionage, data exfiltration, service disruption, blackmail/extortion, political or ideological beliefs, revenge, notoriety, chaos, war and ethical hacking

Explain advanced persistent threats (APTs) and why they are usually attributed to state-sponsored actors

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