Cybersecurity Attacks and Defense

Your assignment will be to develop a written paper that will provide a summary of the following:
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.