3 Mitigation
Everything is possible to mitigate through art and diligence.
—Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
This chapter focuses on the third of the Four Questions from Chapter 2: “What are we going to do about it?” Anticipating threats, then protecting against potential vulnerabilities, is how security thinking turns into effective action. This proactive response is called mitigation—reducing the severity, extent, or impact of problems—and as you saw in the previous chapter, it’s something we all do all the time. Bibs to catch the inevitable spills when feeding an infant, seat belts, speed limits, fire alarms, food ...
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