Relationship between various Risk Scenario Components

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Introduction

Risk Scenarios in SAFE enable users to model potential risks and understand their potential impact on various business resources. Constructing these scenarios requires a deep understanding of the complex relationships between Attack Outcomes, Threat Actors, and Business Resources.

This guide aims to help users navigate through the process of selecting the appropriate Business Resources and Threat Actors to achieve desired Attack Outcomes.

Defining a Risk Scenario

Business Resources

After selecting a Group, the second step of creating a Risk Scenario is to define the relevant Business Resources within the organization. Business Resources can include a wide range of Data, Business Processes, and Cash. Carefully choose the specific Business Resources that are pertinent to the Risk Scenario they want to model.

Threat Actors

After identifying Business Resources, users are presented with potential Threat Actors that may target their organization. These Threat Actors can include Cyber Criminals, Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), Nation-States, Privileged Insiders, and Non-Privileged Insiders.

Attack Outcomes

Once Business Resources and Threat Actors have been identified, users move on to the critical step of selecting Attack Outcomes. This involves exploring the potential impacts of the chosen Threat Actor on the selected Business Resources. Possible outcomes may include Ransomware with Data Exfiltration, Data Exfiltration, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS), Ransomware without Data Exfiltration, Cryptomining, Financial Frauds, and others, as listed in the table below.

Mapping of Attack Outcome to Threat Actor and Business Resource

The below table provides a clear overview of the relationships between the core components of a Risk Scenario, assisting users in selecting relevant Business Resources, Threat Actors, and desired Outcomes.

Attack Outcome	Threat Actor	Business Resource
Ransomware without Data Exfiltration	APTs	Business Process generating revenue Business Process Impacting Third Party's Revenue
	Cyber Criminals	Business Process generating revenue Business Process Impacting Third Party's Revenue
	Nation-State	Business Process generating revenue Business Process Impacting Third Party's Revenue
Ransomware with Data Exfiltration	APTs	Sensitive Personal Data IP & Trade Secrets Data Co-owned Proprietary Data Business Process generating revenue Business Process Impacting Third Party's Revenue
	Cyber Criminals	Sensitive Personal Data IP & Trade Secrets Data Co-owned Proprietary Data Business Process generating revenue Business Process impacting Third Party's Revenue
	Nation-State	Sensitive Personal Data IP & Trade Secrets Data Co-owned Proprietary Data Business Process generating revenue Business Process impacting Third Party's Revenue
Data Exfiltration	APTs	Sensitive Personal Data IP & Trade Secrets Data Co-owned Proprietary Data
	Cyber Criminals	Sensitive Personal Data IP & Trade Secrets Data Co-owned Proprietary Data
	Nation-State	Sensitive Personal Data IP & Trade Secrets Data Co-owned Proprietary Data
	Privileged Insider	Sensitive Personal Data IP & Trade Secrets Data Co-owned Proprietary Data
	Non Privileged Insider	Sensitive Personal Data IP & Trade Secrets Data Co-owned Proprietary Data
DDoS	APTs	Business Process generating revenue Business Process impacting Third Party's Revenue
	Cyber Criminals	Business Process generating revenue Business Process impacting Third Party's Revenue
	Nation-State	Business Process generating revenue Business Process impacting Third Party's Revenue
Cryptomining	Cyber Criminals	Business Process generating cost
Financial Fraud	APTs	Cash
	Cyber Criminals	Cash
	Nation-State	Cash
	Privileged Insider	Cash
	Non Privileged Insider	Cash
Wiper	APTs	Business Process generating revenue Business Process Impacting Third Party's Revenue
	Cyber Criminals	Business Process generating revenue Business Process Impacting Third Party's Revenue
	Nation-State	Business Process generating revenue Business Process Impacting Third Party's Revenue

Mapping of Business Resources to Attack Outcome and Threat Actor

Business Resource	Attack Outcome	Threat Actors
Sensitive Personal Data	Ransomware with Data Exfiltration	APTs Cyber Criminals Nation-State
Sensitive Personal Data	Data Exfiltration	APTs Cyber Criminals Nation-State Privileged Insider Non Privileged Insider
IP & Trade Secrets Data	Ransomware with Data Exfiltration	APTs Cyber Criminals Nation-State
IP & Trade Secrets Data	Data Exfiltration	APTs Cyber Criminals Nation-State Privileged Insider Non Privileged Insider
Co-owned Proprietary Data	Ransomware with Data Exfiltration	APTs Cyber Criminals Nation-State
Co-owned Proprietary Data	Data Exfiltration	APTs Cyber Criminals Nation-State Privileged Insider Non Privileged Insider
Business Process generating revenue	Ransomware without Data Exfiltration	APTs Cyber Criminals Nation-State
	Ransomware with Data Exfiltration	APTs Cyber Criminals Nation-State
	DDoS	APTs Cyber Criminals Nation-State
	Wiper	APTs Cyber Criminals Nation-State
Business Process Impacting Third Party's Revenue	Ransomware without Data Exfiltration	APTs Cyber Criminals Nation-State
	Ransomware with Data Exfiltration	APTs Cyber Criminals Nation-State
	DDoS	APTs Cyber Criminals Nation-State
	Wiper	APTs Cyber Criminals Nation-State
Business Process generating cost	Cryptomining	Cyber Criminals
Cash	Financial Fraud	APTs Cyber Criminals Nation-State Privileged Insider Non Privileged Insider

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Introduction
Defining a Risk Scenario
Mapping of Attack Outcome to Threat Actor and Business Resource
Mapping of Business Resources to Attack Outcome and Threat Actor