Skye & Kevlar
I was just reading about how ancient siege tactics—walls, trenches, and psychological pressure—evolved over time, and I can't help but see some parallels in modern security planning. What’s your take on that?
You’re right. In the old days they built walls, dug trenches, and played mind games to make the enemy sweat. In today’s world we replace stone with cyber firewalls, trenches with physical barriers, and the psychological part with threat intel and deception. Just like a siege, the goal is to slow the opponent, feed them wrong information, and keep the pressure on until they’re too tired or out of options. It’s all about the same fundamentals—block, bait, wait—just in a different medium.
I like that framing—keeps the old siege logic alive, just with a different toolset. Wonder how often the deception layer actually forces attackers to give up, though; sometimes they just learn to ignore the bait.