Understand the Cyber Attacker Mindset

Build a Strategic Security Programme to Counteract Threats
2. Revised Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-3986-3020-8
Verlag: Kogan Page Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Strengthen your cybersecurity strategy by thinking like an attacker and anticipating threats before they strike. Understand the Cyber Attacker Mindset by Sarah Armstrong-Smith is a strategic guide for leaders who need to defend organizations against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. By exploring the psychology, motivations and behaviours of modern attackers, this book equips leaders to make informed and proactive security decisions. This fully updated second edition reflects the latest threat landscape, with a new chapter covering how AI is accelerating attack capabilities, and details evolving risks such as cybercrime-as-a-service, insider threats and nation-state activity. Supported by real-world examples including Scattered Spider, Lapsus$ and Sandworm, it delivers actionable insight for strengthening organizational resilience. You will learn how to: - Anticipate attacker behaviour and identify emerging threat patterns - Strengthen cybersecurity strategy using human-centric security approaches - Address insider threats and human risk at leadership level - Navigate AI-driven attacks and evolving cybercrime models - Build security cultures aligned with governance and risk priorities With expert insight and strategic frameworks, this book provides the tools CISOs, senior security leaders, risk executives and anyone who wants to defend their business can use to enhance decision-making, reduce exposure and protect enterprise value. Themes include: cybersecurity strategy, attacker mindset, cyber threat intelligence, AI in cybersecurity, insider threat management, cyber risk governance

Autoren/Hrsg.

Armstrong-Smith, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Risikomanagement
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Computersicherheit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Section - ONE: Understanding types of attack, how they operate and why they are successful;
• • Chapter - 01: The evolution of cybercrime in the digital age;
  • Chapter - 02: Understanding the will and motivation of attackers;
  • Chapter - 03: Types of cyber attack and why they work;
  • Chapter - 04: How AI is amplifying cyber threats;
  • Chapter - 05: Cybercrime as a service – a booming enterprise;
• Section - TWO: Incidents, lessons learnt and the rise of the insider threat;
• • Chapter - 06: Opportunities and activists – how anyone can become a cybercriminal;
  • Chapter - 07: New kids on the block – new groups making names for themselves;
  • Chapter - 08: Syndicates – how groups work together to build services and avoid detection;
  • Chapter - 09: Brokers – law enforcement headaches in tracking cybercrime and money laundering;
  • Chapter - 10: Influencers – how nation-sponsored actors change social dynamics;
  • Chapter - 11: Insiders – how attackers take advantage of internal loopholes;
• Section - THREE: Strategies to counteract the criminal mindset and build resilience;
• • Chapter - 12: Why your security awareness training sucks, and education is the differentiator;
  • Chapter - 13: Are people really the weakest link?
  • Chapter - 14: The human factor – mindset, cultural variances and what factors tip people over the edge;
  • Chapter - 15: Strategies for counteracting human adversaries;
  • Chapter - 16: The board-level response – how decisions ae made in times of crisis;
  • Chapter - 17: Final thoughts on the direction and evolution of the human adversary

Über Autor(innen)

Armstrong-Smith, Sarah
<b>Sarah Armstrong-Smith</b> has been recognized as one of the most influential leaders in cybersecurity and UK tech and has over 20 years' experience delivering and advising C-suite executives on large-scale business & ICT continuity, cybersecurity, data protection and resilience programmes. She is the Chief Security Advisor at Microsoft and works with strategic and major customers across Europe to help them enhance their security strategies and capabilities. Prior to Microsoft, she was the Group Head of Business Resilience & Crisis Management at The London Stock Exchange Group, the Head of Continuity & Resilience, Enterprise & Cyber Security at Fujitsu and also held roles at EY and AXA. She has been on the front-line of many major incidents, including IT failures, data breaches, and fraud. She is a Fellow of the British Computer Society and is based in Bath, UK.

Sarah Armstrong-Smith is one of the most influential cybersecurity leaders in the industry. With three decades of front-line experience, she is currently Executive Director of Secure Horizons. She held roles including Chief Security Advisor at Microsoft and Group Head Crisis Management at The London Stock Exchange, delivering transformative strategies to help organisations build resilience to cyber attacks and global crises. She is also a member of the UK Government Cyber Advisory Board. She is based in Bath, UK.