Lesson Overview

Quote

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” - Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Key takeaways:

To win in war, you must know:

• Yourself: Your company technology environment, people, processes and assets.

• Your Enemy: Threats, such as cyber criminals.

In this lesson you'll learn to:

• Explain the relationship between threats, threat actors, vulnerabilities, and exploits
• Utilize event context to identify potential threat actor motivations
• Identify security threats applicable to important organizational assets
• Use standard frameworks to assess threats, identify risks, and prioritize