"Law 5" – Limit the blast radius
If we accept the points – facts really – that have been presented throughout this book that speak to the reality of cyber warfare, then it is pivotal that we also adopt a position that states that at some time, we will get "hit." Transiting a warfare environment is an inherently dangerous proposition. At any time, a random chunk of metal can come flying across the space and forever impact your survival in that space. When everything we do, all of the time, is situated on that battlefield and is constantly transiting that environment, the chances of that negative outcome increase by the second. The digital space is fraught with danger, and it is the only space that humanity has ever seen that in some way touches everything, and where every power that exists can actively engage one another on a relatively level playing field. To be blunt, in war you can expect things to inevitably hit the fan.
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