From Die Hard to real war: wargaming a systemic cyber collapse
In 2007 Hollywood called it a fire sale. Today threat analysts call it systemic cyber risk — and the Mosaic Doctrine is how adversaries get past your perimeter.
In 2007, Hollywood called it a “fire sale”. Today, threat analysts call it systemic cyber risk.
If you are still relying entirely on perimeter firewalls to protect critical infrastructure, you are preparing for the wrong war. Modern state-aligned adversaries are not simply launching massive, centralised attacks. They are deploying what has come to be called the Mosaic Doctrine.
By using decentralised swarms of proxy hacktivists, sleeper cells and living-off-the-land guerrilla tactics, adversaries bypass the perimeter entirely and strike IT and OT environments simultaneously — with total plausible deniability.
What the briefing covers
I have written a full threat forecasting briefing on how organisations must adapt to this era of cyber warfare. It breaks down:
- The lethal reality of IT/OT convergence
- The evolution from Stuxnet to hardware supply chain weaponisation
- How to map global standards — NIST, DORA, NCA — to regional defence
- The eGRC mandate required to defeat a swarm
Are we relying too heavily on perimeter defence? The organisations moving toward micro-segmentation and genuine cyber resilience are the ones asking that question now rather than after the fact.