NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY STRATEGY GREEN PAPER – SUPPORTING DOCUMENT Cyber Agent Motive/ Sector Security Agent National Security Ethical Hacker Market Law enforcement Agent Law enforcement Researcher Research community Cyber soldier Military Table 4 – The friendly cyber agents Emerging technologies, such as smart environments5, may create possibilities for malicious activities, and thus the establishment of new cyber threat agents who may target smaller user communities. Such malicious activity may even cost human lives and should thus not be discounted for consideration particularly in the near future. The next Section amplifies further on this area of cyber security concern. 17 Malta | National Cyber Security Strategy Green Paper – Supporting Document