INVULNERABLE – INFORMED ABOUT VULNERABILITIES!
INVULNERABLE – INFORMED ABOUT VULNERABILITIES!
Author(s): Florin BUȘTIUCSubject(s): Sociology, Security and defense, Politics and society
Published by: National Institute for Intelligence Studies
Keywords: hostile intelligence entity; vulnerabilities; self-control; non-public/ confidential data;
Summary/Abstract: A hostile intelligence entity is trying to identify or create behavioural vulnerabilities – professional dissatisfaction, unrealistic expectations, gambling, spending/borrowing beyond means, expensive lifestyle, financial difficulties, so as to exploit them to influence the person to reveal confidential information or to adopt certain decisions.One of the ways of counterintelligence protection of data and decision is the awareness by individuals of vulnerabilities and reality that can be exploited by a hostile entity. And the purpose of a test on vulnerabilities is to evaluate the level of awareness and, implicitly, self -protection.
Journal: Romanian Intelligence Studies Review
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 1(29)
- Page Range: 145-153
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English