The Four Types of Attackers

1. Cyber Criminals
Cyber Criminals are motivated by money, so their attacks are designed to produce profit. Some of their operations are run like a large business with a call centre, management structure and make obscene profits.

2. Hacktivists
Hacktivists only interest is to undermine your reputation or destabilize your operations. Their approach is a cyber form of vandalism.

3. State-Sponsored Attackers
State-sponsored attackers are after important information and they are not in a hurry. These organisations have highly skilled hackers and specialise in detecting vulnerabilities and exploiting these before the holes are patched. It is very difficult to defeat these attackers due to the huge resources at their disposal.

4. Inside Threats
Insider threats could be malicious, but they could also be well-meaning employees who have been manipulated.