---
id: 639
title: "Security through the attacker’s lens: How to adopt an adversarial mindset"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/security-through-the-attackers-lens-how-to-adopt-an-adversarial-mindset/"
published_at: "2025-04-10 12:00"
tags: ["red-teaming", "bugcrowd", "attack-simulation", "strategy", "threat-modeling", "adversarial-mindset"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/639"
lang: en
---

# Security through the attacker’s lens: How to adopt an adversarial mindset

## Summary

Tracing red teaming from its Cold War Pentagon origins, this piece breaks down four principles of the adversarial mindset, from modeling attacker motivations to targeting non-technology entities.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2025-04-10 12:00
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/security-through-the-attackers-lens-how-to-adopt-an-adversarial-mindset/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/639