Sarah Armstrong-Smith

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 covid-19 created an epidemic of cybercrime; Chapter - 05: Cybercrime as a service - a booming enterprise; Section - TWO: Incidents, lessons learnt and the rise of the insider threat; Chapter - 06: Opportunists 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 are made in times of crisis; Chapter - 17: Final thoughts on the direction and evolution of the human adversary;