NATIONAL MARITIME CYBERSECURITY PLAN
As shown in Table 1, organizations and individuals carrying out these malicious or accidental
activities fall into several broad categories with varying motivations and objectives. This list is
representational and does not include all categories of groups, motivations, and objectives.
Group
Untrained Employees
Hacktivists
Disgruntled employees
Insider threats
Criminals
Motivation
none
reputational
damage
disruption of
operations
financial gain
commercial
espionage
industrial
espionage
Effect
Opportunists
the challenge
States
political gain
State Sponsored Organizations
espionage
ideology
Terrorists
Table 1: Groups, Motivations, and Objectives 59
accidental destruction or
manipulation of data
intentional destruction of data
publication of sensitive data
media attention
denial of access to the service or
system targeted
selling stolen data
ransoming stolen data
ransoming system operability
arranging fraudulent
transportation of cargo
gathering intelligence for more
sophisticated crimes
getting through cyber security
defenses
financial gain
gaining knowledge
disruption to economies and
critical national infrastructure
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