As we harden our target, it becomes more difficult to attack. For example, better lighting, an alarm, and locks will make the executive residence more difficult to penetrate. In many cases, a hardened target may convince the person that an attack would not be successful and or lead to their apprehension.
The attacker will pick an easier target. Criminals often state they will pick the easier target as they desire to successfully commit the crime and escape quickly. Persons who have committed attacks against executives indicate their target was selected since they were less security conscious or less protected. You should ask yourself if you or your company are a harder target. than the company next door.
Awareness is knowledge, information, and alertness to dangerous situations, including how attacks have occurred and may be avoided. This stresses the importance of intelligence and liaison with other companies and law enforcement agencies. As security awareness is enhanced and the target hardened, reaction time is increased.
Enabling avoidance of the undesirable situation. Being alert or being observant will help in identifying a potential attacker or dangerous situation. By increasing the reaction time, we buy time to successfully react or remove ourselves from danger.
Target hardening. plus awareness plus alertness increases our reaction time and buys us time for removal from danger