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What I find even more interesting, was that the US demonstrated for Japan the winning tactic to attack Pearl Harbor... > Unbeknownst to the U.S. military at th
by q1w2 5y ago
What I find even more interesting, was that the US demonstrated for Japan the winning tactic to attack Pearl Harbor...
> Unbeknownst to the U.S. military at the time, we now know that Japan had been watching Admiral Yarnell’s 1932 mock attack with keen interest.
> Tokyo’s spy organization in Oahu had observers across the island that relayed information back to Japan - which studied and absorbed the lessons the U.S. Navy failed to learn.
This speak volumes about how the results of war games need to remain classified. ...in the same way you would want a pen-test you've contracted out to remain confidential. If it's public, you give your adversary a blueprint for attacking you.
- Kalium 5y agoHaving occasionally worked with pen-tests, I think perhaps a different lesson is in order. If you can find it in a pen test, so can your adversaries. You have no way of knowing if they've done so already. The best way forward is to address the issues as quickly as is reasonably possible. Secrecy protects the pen-test findings document, but not your vulnerability. The map should never be confused for the territory.