Security

Metaphors rooted in defense, perimeters, and adversarial thinking — firewalls, attack surfaces, trust zones, shields, locks. Spans infosec, physical security, national security, and criminology. Structurally characterized by binary distinctions (inside/outside, trusted/untrusted, safe/compromised) and the persistent tension between openness and control.

Entries (35)

• Achilles' Heel metaphor
• AI Safety Is Containment metaphor
• All Warfare Is Deception mental-model
• Attack Surface metaphor
• Big Brother Is Surveillance metaphor
• Blast Radius metaphor
• Buffer Overflow metaphor
• Cerberus metaphor
• Computer Virus Is Biological Infection metaphor
• Confused Deputy paradigm
• Cookie metaphor
• Dark Forest metaphor
• Defense in Depth metaphor
• Ecological Arms Race metaphor
• Firewall metaphor
• Guardrails metaphor
• Jailbreaking metaphor
• Lethal Trifecta paradigm
• Permission Delegation Is Genetic Inheritance metaphor
• Permissions Are Keys metaphor
• Poison Pill metaphor
• Prompt Injection metaphor
• Risk Is a Triangle paradigm
• Roles Are Theatrical Costumes metaphor
• Sandbox metaphor
• Security Is an Immune System metaphor
• Security Violations Are Trespassing metaphor
• Source and Sink Analysis paradigm
• Supply Chain Attack metaphor
• System Administration Is Feudal Lordship metaphor
• TCP Handshake metaphor
• The One Ring metaphor
• Trojan Horse metaphor
• Virus metaphor
• Zero Trust metaphor