We can only presume cyber criminal organisations deliberate over their own risk management.

Any intelligent criminal element worth its salt understands the importance of assessing the risks associated with a burglary.

Any intelligent criminal element understands the importance of assessing the risks associated with a burglary before executing a 'job'. Controlling what can't be seen involves understanding, predicting or visualising, a plethora of seemingly random events which could unhinge all that carefully crafted planning.

The reverse is true for the impending victim: without intel off the street about which gang is planning what heist and upon whom, it won't matter how good your cyber defense is if you haven't assessed your own risks.

No house is impervious to being robbed.

When it's boiled down to it, a cyber criminal gang of bad actors are carrying out a robbery. They'll spend as much time as it takes to case the joint before launching their 'break-in'. Assessing where the perimeter sensors are, where the 'night time watch' are patrolling, weak points in the fenceline, poorly installed deadbolts on doors and windows. Sooner or later, they will find a way in and it's all down to their risk management.

It is not hard to make the comparison to a real world heist. Key VIPs in your organisation may not necessarily be stalked in the street to figure out when they will be home or not, but the truth of the matter is your staff are being 'stalked'. Bad actors are looking for patterns of behaviour, how your staff use the company's ICT, social media, how they construct passwords, what they like to watch and buy online - all clues to finding cracks in your cyber defence.

Like any type of thievery, cyber criminals have their specialties, and your business or business sector will attract a unique attack vector based on their criminal expertise, all carefully crafted to minimise risk to the bad actor, while maximising success.

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