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Comptia's Security+ exam refers to countries as "nation states" when it talks about government entities targeting businesses or other governments, and that nome
by thomascgalvin 6y ago
Comptia's Security+ exam refers to countries as "nation states" when it talks about government entities targeting businesses or other governments, and that nomenclature has become commonplace.
Sec+ is also a requirement for a lot of government related computer work, so it's not surprising that the guy they interviewed used the term.
- oceanplexian 6y agoJust because an attack originated in a certain place does not mean it was supported by a nation state. For some reason it seems like a large number of security folks don’t understand this. I know lots of intelligent Russian engineers who could easily break into US corporate or government systems or orchestrate a DDoS attack. And if they chose to do so there would be zero legal consequences since they live in Russia and are Russian citizens. Doesn’t mean they are on Putin’s payroll.
- jay_kyburz 6y agoYes, I don't understand why you would assume government backing, but you don't know which government. If you don't know who it is, it could be anybody. I think people use Nation-State to suggest that they are not so incompetent that some random hacker could get access.