Understand attack vectors
Cybercriminals use various means to carry out cyberattacks. Fully understanding concepts like threat landscape and attack vectors helps to build a foundation for developing strong cybersecurity policies.
The cyber threat landscape includes all potential cybersecurity threats that might affect an organization’s assets. Threat landscapes are ever-evolving. For example, 2020’s shift to work-from-home resulted in a heightened threat landscape for many organizations. The threat landscape covers more than just computers and mobile devices. It can include any element owned or managed by an organization—even items not owned or managed by the organization such as:
- Email accounts
- Social media accounts
- Mobile devices
- The organization’s technology infrastructure
- Cloud services
- People