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It’s said that, “Generals are always prepared to fight the last war.” This speaks as much to technology as to tactics. Mounted cavalry proved no match for armored tanks. Machine guns made trench warfare obsolete. The Maginot Line became a punch line thanks to the Blitzkrieg. “Heavy fortifications? “No problem, mein schatzi, ve vill just drive arount tem.”
In e-disclosure, we still fight the last war, smug in the belief that our opponents will never be e-savvy enough to defeat us.
Our old war ways have served so long that we are slow to recognize a growing vulnerability. To date, our opponents have proved unsophisticated, uncreative and un-tenacious. Oh, they make a feint against databases here and a half-hearted effort to get native production there; but, for the most part, they’re still fighting with hordes, horses and sabers. We run roughshod over them. We pacify them with offal and scraps.
Read the complete article at: Girding for the E-Savvy Opponent