http://redteamjournal.com/2009/05/do-you-really-know-your-adversary/ Red teaming and alternative analysis for national security and business advantage. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:32:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://redteamjournal.com/2009/05/do-you-really-know-your-adversary/comment-page-1/#comment-893 John Thu, 07 May 2009 22:32:00 +0000 http://redteamjournal.com/?p=1448#comment-893 It is true enough that many widely-published/broadcast pundits seem to fall into the trap of regurgitating common "western" views of foreign leaders. And you have hit on a continuing problem for some sponsors of red teaming. If modeling an adversary to a great degree of fidelity is a requirement, then consideration should be given to assembling a team from the adversary demographic and charging them with developing a plan for a red team mission (one that addresses the problem of interest). In this way something concrete can be learned about how the adversary thinks. It is true enough that many widely-published/broadcast pundits seem to fall into the trap of regurgitating common “western” views of foreign leaders. And you have hit on a continuing problem for some sponsors of red teaming. If modeling an adversary to a great degree of fidelity is a requirement, then consideration should be given to assembling a team from the adversary demographic and charging them with developing a plan for a red team mission (one that addresses the problem of interest). In this way something concrete can be learned about how the adversary thinks.

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