6. The Assumption That the Public Internet Is Operational Terrain
By
Manuel "Manny" W. Lloyd
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Assumption: The public Internet can be secured well enough to operate on.
The Internet is attacker‑controlled terrain. Treating it as a trusted operational platform is a strategic error.
Exposed systems—no matter how “hardened”—inherit adversarial advantage.
Sovereign operations must move inward, into environments where control, identity, and authority are enforceable by design.
Exposure then becomes deliberate deception—not dependency.
Inevitability: Warfighting systems retreat from the Internet. Enclaves become the mission core.
