Remember APT
Full name: Advanced Persistent Threat
Memory aid: Advanced attackers Persist Toward a goal.
Persistence alone does not establish a particular threat actor's identity.
Study area: Threats & application security · Batch 3
Relevant study for: CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 · ISC2 CISSP 2024 outline · CompTIA CySA+ · CompTIA PenTest+
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APT — Advanced Persistent Threat
Describes capable adversaries or campaigns with sustained objectives.
Why learn APT — Advanced Persistent Threat?
Describes capable adversaries or campaigns with sustained objectives.
Where it came from
Persistence alone does not establish a particular threat actor's identity.
- Memory aid (a learning cue, not the expansion): Advanced attackers Persist Toward a goal.
Build your understanding
Work through these exercises in order. Try the task before opening a reference.
- Without looking, expand APT: Advanced Persistent Threat.
- Recall this memory aid: Advanced attackers Persist Toward a goal.
- Explain the practical use: Describes capable adversaries or campaigns with sustained objectives.
- Explain this distinction: Persistence alone does not establish a particular threat actor's identity.
- Identify APT in a device specification, architecture diagram, or system inventory.
Documentation and sources
- NIST cybersecurity glossary (csrc.nist.gov)