Cybersecurity Threat Actors

noun A person who is employed to encourage others to break the law in order to incite prosecution

• The government suspected that the protest was infiltrated by an agent provocateur.
• They think there was an agent provocateur stirring up trouble at the rally.
• The agent provocateur was causing chaos at the event.
• She was like an agent provocateur, always provoking arguments among her friends.

noun a person who behaves in a harmful or dishonest way, especially in a play, movie, or television show

• The company has strict policies in place to prevent any bad actor from causing harm.
• We need to watch out for any bad actor trying to sabotage our project.
• Don't trust that guy, he's a total bad actor.
• In the world of politics, it's important to be able to identify a bad actor when you see one.