 Terrorists threats, where terrorist organizations make use of the Internet in order to perform the following:        Publicity/advertising and propaganda; Recruiting and mobilization; Fundraising; Secure networking; encrypted / anonymous sharing of information; Remote training; Planning and coordination; Claiming responsibility for attacks, thus showcasing their capabilities as an intimidation technique;  Using the Internet with continuously improved skills, by flooding the targets. Terrorist groups continue to aspire to conduct damaging Cyber activities against Lebanon.  Hacktivist threats, where activities mainly have a disruptive and criminal purpose to their victims. Such actors use the Internet with the same purposes as terrorist organizations.  Insider threats, where these constitute a continuous risk. They are committed by malicious insiders, who are implicitly “trusted” employees of an organization and who may have access to critical systems and data. These threats can cause financial and reputational damage through the theft of sensitive data and intellectual property. They can also pose a destructive Cyber Threat if they use privileged knowledge or access to facilitate or launch an attack to disrupt critical services on the network of their organization or wipe out data from the network. Some insider threats can be victims of social engineering and thus cause unintentional damage.  Script kiddies, where inexperienced actors use scripts or tools developed by others – and/or downloaded from the Internet – to conduct Cyber Attacks. They generally have access to hacking guides, resources and tools available on the internet and downloadable from public open sources.  Computer network attack, where hostile actors can use malicious software (or malware) to disrupt and damage cyber infrastructure. This can range from taking a website offline to manipulating industrial process command and control systems. 1.3 Trend of threats The continuous and rapid development of information and communication technologies, globalization, the tremendous increase in data volumes, and the growing number of June 2019 LEBANON NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY STRATEGY 14