Lateral movement (cybersecurity)

Lateral movement refers to the techniques that cyber attackers, or threat actors, use to move progressively through a network in search of key data and assets that are the ultimate targets of their campaigns.^[1]^[2]^[3] The development of more sophisticated attack sequences has enabled threat actors to refine their strategies and better evade detection than in the past; however, much like planning a heist, cyber defenders have also learned to use lateral movement to identify attackers' locations within a network and respond more effectively to ongoing threats.^[1]

Lateral movement is a part of the ATT&CK framework within the 14 categories of Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b Lateral Movement: When Cyber Attacks Go Sideways
^ Malware Lateral Movement
^ Cyber Dwell Time and Lateral Movement. Raytheon. Inno. Retrieved 2015-11-11

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[:0-1] Lateral Movement: When Cyber Attacks Go Sideways

[2] Malware Lateral Movement

[3] Cyber Dwell Time and Lateral Movement. Raytheon. Inno. Retrieved 2015-11-11

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