Threat-intelligence researchers have borrowed the apex predator concept from ecology to describe today s multi-organizational, multinational threat actors. Such actors are working at capabilities that exceed those of regular actors, thanks to the resources they have at their disposal. The evolution of these threats could provoke an overhaul of risk analysis and management. The second variable is the level of effort necessary for a successful attack, which can be assumed to be a precursor to the formation of the attack. The Open Factor Analysis for Information Risk (FAIR) standard calls threat capability
Source: https://threatpost.com/how-to-model-risk-in-an-apex-predator-cyber-world/145499/