preattack

alternative pre-attack

1. not comparableBefore an attack.

   White House complaints that homeland defense would be threatened are, in fact, contradicted by the history of 9/11 and the F.B.I. field agent whose preattack warnings to superiors went unheeded.

   2007 December 27, “Protection for Endangered Whistle-Blowers”, in New York Times

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   In contrast to cyberprotection, cyberresilience anticipates that a cyberattack will succeed. It has in place methods for rapid detection, cushioning the effects and quickly restoring systems to their pre-attack state.

   2022 September 30, Michael Coden, “Letters: Against Cyberattacks”, in The New York Times