Cyber Threat Matrix Version 2.4
James N. Smith, MBA, CISSP Lead Cyber Security Strategist, Blue Reef Group Instructor of Information Systems, Georgia Southern University 14 years experience in information technology and security management
Crime War Activism / Command & Control / Propaganda
CRIME Three catalysts Lack of law or order Financially & technologically connected Bright, educated & dissatisfied labor Present: Russia Future: Egypt maybe, Africa, definately
Current Internet “backbone”
Under Construction
War, C4I 1 st world great powers (US, GER, JAP) Rising powers (China, India) Middleweight class (Isreal)
Activism, C4I, Propaganda Mexico / cartel war Stateless actors (Al Qaeda, Wikileaks, Anonymous) Non-state actors: causes, organization, revolutionaries, terrorists (amnesty international, civil rights movement, green revolution, ISIS) Anyone needing asymmetric force multiplication
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