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.

  1. Adversarial Mindset: The Foundation

    7 min

    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 …

  2. Adversarial Mindset: The Cost of Actually Having One

    15 min

    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 …

  3. Adversarial Mindset: A Role, Not a Personality

    10 min

    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. …

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