PERSPECTIVE: Spotting Pre-Attack Planning Indicators to Disrupt the Hostile Events Cycle

By David Pounder

This is the third and final part of an ongoing series focused on the Hostile Events Attack Cycle. To this point, the attacker has gone through the planning and preparation stages necessary to identify a target, visualize the attack, and plan for the immediate aftermath. As we enter the final three phases of the Hostile Events Attack Cycle, the attacker now transitions from visualization to implementation. It begins with Pre-Attack Operations and carries through the execution of the attack. See more…