Guidelines for Assignment No. 3 – Cybersecurity Attacks and Defense

Bad Actors in Cyberspace: Identify the bad actors in cyberspace, compare and contrast their resources, capabilities/techniques, motivations and aversion to risk (Use references to support your claims).
Types of Cybersecurity Attacks: In your own words (no quotes, but use references to support your claims) describe five different types of cybersecurity attacks and their characteristics.
Types of System Attacks: In your own words (no quotes, but use references to support your claims) describe three different potential system attacks and the actors that might perform them.
Cyber Defense: In your own words (no quotes, but use references to support your claims) describe three different cyber defense tools, methods, and components, as well as how to apply cyber defense methods to prepare a system to mitigate attacks (kill chain).
Cyber Defense Partners/Structures/Programs: In your own words (no quotes, but use references to support your claims), describe the Federal, State, and Local Cyber Defense partners/structures/programs by outlining at least three examples.
Conclusion: In your own words (no quotes!!!), provide a conclusion that summarizes the whole paper.
In particular, you will need to develop a five-page document (not more!) that outlines each of the section above and provides the details to address the points above.