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Attackers don’t care about your rules — so why are we still building security programs around them?
On paper, everything looks solid: documented steps, escalation flows, and approval gates. But when things go sideways, I’ve watched those same plans crumble in minutes, especially in organizations obsessed with doing everything by the book.
One breach I worked on started with a basic phishing email, and not even a clever one. The team missed it — not because they weren’t watching, but because they were buried in the process. They escalated it and waited for confirmation while the attacker kept moving.
The more rigid the system, the easier it is to predict. And attackers love predictability.
When Process Obsession Makes You Slower Than the Attacker
Processes are supposed to protect us. But in real incidents, they often give attackers what they need the most: time.
At one large breach I was brought into, the response team followed protocols step by step. Escalations logged. Tickets tracked. Meanwhile, the attacker had already moved laterally and embedded deep. By the time anyone realized it, the damage was well into the tens of millions.
This wasn’t about tools. It was about mindset — the belief that documentation equals protection. But attackers don’t need to be smarter. They just need to move faster than a team still trusting the checklist…
Author: Aditya Gupta
Date: May, 20th 2025
Link: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/rigid-security-programs-fail
