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5. Be aware of why and how the current situation is caused. This aspect includes causality
analysis (via back-tracking) and forensics.

6. Be aware of the quality (and trustworthiness) of the collected situation awareness
information items and the knowledge-intelligence-decisions derived from these
information items. The quality metrics include truthfulness (or soundness),
completeness, and freshness. This aspect can also be viewed as part of situation
perception or more specifically recognition.

7. Assess plausible futures of the current situation. This involves a multitude of
technologies for projecting future possible actions/activities of an adversary, paths the
adversary might take, and then constraining the possible futures into those that are
plausible. This constraining requires an understanding of adversary intent, opportunity,
and capability (knowledge of them) as well as an understanding of blue vulnerabilities,
etc. (knowledge of “us”).

Instead of Conclusions

This article provides the information gathered throughout a research. The purpose of this review
is to put our understanding of the concept of situational awareness at much higher and more
comprehensive level.

About The Author

Since Milica Djekic graduated in Control Engineering at University of
Belgrade, Serbia, she’s been an engineer with a passion for
cryptography, cyber security, and wireless systems. Currently, she’s
the Editor-in-Chief of Australian Science Magazine, as well as an
Online Marketing Coordinator for Dejan SEO. She is also a Reviewer
and the Editor-in-Chief of the special issue “Security, Intelligence and
Mobility” at the Journal of Computer Sciences and Applications. Milica
is based in Subotica, Serbia.

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