U7 Testing - Cybersecurity Strategy: Breaking Things on Purpose - Security Chaos Engineering

As kids, we were basically tiny demolition experts with no formal training. We broke toys, snapped bike chains, shattered lamps, and occasionally our own bones. Sometimes by accident, and sometimes for fun to see what would happen. And every adult in the room would scream at us, “HOW COULD YOU DO THAT!!”, and then sigh and say something like, “Well… at least they’re learning.”

Then we grow up and pretend we’ve evolved past all that. We convince ourselves that maturity means not breaking things anymore - that life is now about stability, predictability, and keeping all the metaphorical lamps intact.

But what if that childhood instinct wasn’t chaos… but practice?

What if breaking things - carefully, intentionally, and with adult supervision - is still one of the smartest strategies we have?

Because in the world of modern systems and cybersecurity, the real danger isn’t the mess you make on purpose. It’s the mess you never see coming.