-This dataset provides information related to the tactics of know Cyber actors, against organizations categorized by industry type from Jan 1 2014 to Dec 29 2023.

-University of Maryland's CISSM Cyber Attacks Database. https://cissm.liquifiedapps.com/

-The dataset is made available for download through Russ McRee's paper Internet Storm Center: Exploratory Data Analysis with CISSM Cyber Attacks Database - Part 1 https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Exploratory+Data+Analysis+with+CISSM+Cyber+Attacks+Database+Part+1/29816

-The data can be loaded in csv format directly from the project's github repo https://github.com/holisticinfosec/CISSM-EDA

-Observations: --Most attacks seem to be carried out by Criminal actor types, followed closely by Hacktivist actor types. --Hacktivists seem to be the only groups carrying out Political-Espionage attacks. --Criminal, Hacktivists and Nation-State Actor types target nearly all industry types and use nearly all attack types --Criminal actors increased their number of attacks in 2020, 2021, 2022 --Hacktivist actors increase their number of attacks in 2022.