Intelligence
What is Victimology?
Studying who an attacker targets (sectors, regions, sizes, roles) to understand their intent and predict who they will hit next.
Victimology is the analysis of an actor's victims: their sectors, countries, size, technology and the roles of the people targeted. Patterns in who gets hit reveal what the actor wants and where they are likely to strike next.
It also helps answer the question every organisation asks: are we the kind of target this actor goes after?