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Should CISOs Plan for Government as an Adversary?

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Operational Brief

Governments should now be considered adversaries in threat modeling; CISOs need to reassess dependencies and trust boundaries due to state control over infrastructure.

Why It Matters for Texas Credit Unions

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Original Source Material

Why Modern Threat Modeling Must Account for State Control of Infrastructure CISOs for decades viewed governments as partners. That assumption is weakening. Today, state control over infrastructure needs be part of threat modeling and business continuity planning for global security leaders - and it's time for CISOs to reassess dependencies and trust boundaries.