Series
Adversarial Mindset
Three parts, written over two years. The first makes the case. The second is honest about what it costs. The third treats it as a role you step into, not a personality.
Adversarial Mindset: The Foundation
The adversarial mindset is a way of thinking that involves anticipating potential threats, challenges, and obstacles from the perspective of an opponent. It’s like a chess player …
Adversarial Mindset: The Cost of Actually Having One
The phrase “think like an attacker” has been abused to death. It shows up in vendor decks, LinkedIn posts, threat modeling workshops, detection strategy docs, AI security …
Adversarial Mindset: A Role, Not a Personality
The two previous posts in this series made a case for the adversarial mindset and then got honest about what it costs. This one is about something different: how it actually works. …