The Child Sexual Grooming Kill Chain, Introduction
The kill chain originates as a military approach to conducting attacks against targets. In one of the military models, the chain consists of find, fix, track, target, engage and assess. This concept is also used in cybersecurity by the Lockheed Martin Corporation. Its version of the kill chain consists of seven phases. The phases are reconnaissance, weaponization, delivery, exploitation, installation, command and control, and actions on objectives. Lockheed Martin developed its kill chain to help defenders in protecting computer networks. Defenders can provide specific defenses against a given part of the kill chain. The goal is to break the chain as early as possible in an attack. Child sexual grooming also has a kill chain. This kill chain has five phases. These phases are select , access, trust, desensitize and dominate. The methods used can vary within each phase or link on the chain. This is due to the circumstances between the victim and the abuser. This kill chain provides a s