RE: Castles and Security (fwd)

["Security Related" <b_c_w_g () hotmail com>]

..."In terms of analogy, though, I see the security space as closer to a 
pure terrorist/counterterrorist play than a castle defense."...

mjr.
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I agree, I have always thought of it as guerrilla warfare as if it were 
waged by revolutionaries...where the 'hostile attackers' have the ability to 
jump out of the terrain that is thier home and strike, and unless you are 
fast and skilled, dissapear again into the foliage without a trace. You 
don't know where they will attack, or when, or sometimes why (sometimes they 
are confused as to thier own motives too, or lost in circular 'logic' with 
no real meaning). 'They' are creative in what tools they employ, with a 
healthy mix of the latest sophisticated weapons, and home built tools. 
Mostly they have the advantage of time, in that they can plan and strategize 
thier attack at length, while you (as defenders) must react to thier attack 
in a very small time frame.

All we can do is spend our time checking that all our troops know thier 
roles and are skilled in them, listen to the local rumor mill and try to get 
a little advanced notice of impending strikes, and try to second guess our 
enemy's methodology before it happens. And of course have a backup plan in 
case we still get overrun despite our best efforts.    ;)

ES
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