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Connect each term to the asset, threat, control, and evidence it affects.
Block 1 of 1Compare Nation-state actor · Organized crime · Hacktivist · Insider threat
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Compare Nation-state actor · Organized crime · Hacktivist · Insider threat
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Nation-state actor
Pursues strategic intelligence disruption or geopolitical advantage with substantial resources.
Organized crime
Runs financially motivated attacks using coordinated criminal operations.
Hacktivist
Attacks to promote an ideological political or social cause.
Insider threat
Misuses legitimate organizational access intentionally or by mistake.
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Use a fictional organization. Name the risk, choose the narrowest useful control, and state what evidence would prove the control worked.
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- Name the observation, command, log, or report that would confirm it.
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