Romanian Intelligence Studies Review (Jun 2023)

Invulnerable – Informed about Vulnerabilities!

  • Florin BUȘTIUC

Journal volume & issue
no. 1(29)/ 2023
pp. 144 – 153

Abstract

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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

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