Is Cyberspace a battlefield week 6

When we talk military operations and battles, we always think terrain and Knowing the enemy. What if cyberspace was the battlefield would you know the terrain and would you know your enemy? When it comes to cyber intelligence you must know yourself and he enemy. How many organizations can say they know all their vulnerabilities of all their systems, ports, protocols, operating systems, ext.? Most organizations have network and system administrators that manage and run their infrastructure. Do they understand the infrastructure where their critical data is going and the key elements and core business functions of their infrastructure? Understanding your support lines, products, vendors, service providers and partners is an important element in cyber intelligence.

When we talk about a companies horizon we are discussing the view out of site. Cyberspace horizon changes with regards to your controls and organizational services. Most organizations will have a push service that does not look into the horizon to see what is coming. When organization changes their view and looks further out past the horizon they can deny or confirm your enemies course of action.

Organizations must remember if you defend against everything you defend against nothing. You must know the threats against you and design your security to battle those threats. Determining what is critical to your business operations and what systems can be expendable and not essential to ensure the critical systems are protected.