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'''Criteria for Assessment:'''

* '''Impact on COG (I)''': How significantly would exploiting the vulnerability affect the COG?

** Definition: Evaluate how a vulnerability affects the COG’s essential functionality or stability. This includes considering both the immediate impact and the potential for escalated disruptions or impairments over time.

''' Definition: Evaluate how a vulnerability affects the COG’s essential functionality or stability. This includes considering both the immediate impact and the potential for escalated disruptions or impairments over time.

** Application: Analysis should include a detailed examination of how the vulnerability might compromise the COG, considering scenarios of varying severity and their probable impacts on the COG's operations and objectives.

''' Application: Analysis should include a detailed examination of how the vulnerability might compromise the COG, considering scenarios of varying severity and their probable impacts on the COG's operations and objectives.

* '''Attainability (A)''': How feasible is exploiting the vulnerability with available resources?

** Definition: Assesses the feasibility of exploiting or mitigating the vulnerability, given the available resources, capabilities, and situational constraints.

''' Definition: Assesses the feasibility of exploiting or mitigating the vulnerability, given the available resources, capabilities, and situational constraints.

** Application: This involves evaluating the logistical, technological, and temporal resources required to address the vulnerability effectively. It should consider both the available resources and those that can be realistically obtained or mobilized.

''' Application: This involves evaluating the logistical, technological, and temporal resources required to address the vulnerability effectively. It should consider both the available resources and those that can be realistically obtained or mobilized.

* '''Potential for Follow-Up Actions (F)'''

** Definition: Measures how addressing the vulnerability can provide strategic advantages or enable further actions that strengthen the COG or degrade an adversary's position.

''' Definition: Measures how addressing the vulnerability can provide strategic advantages or enable further actions that strengthen the COG or degrade an adversary's position.

** Application: Focus on identifying opportunities for additional strategic actions post-mitigation or exploitation. These could include enhanced security measures, increased political leverage, or any actions further weakening the opposition.

''' Application: Focus on identifying opportunities for additional strategic actions post-mitigation or exploitation. These could include enhanced security measures, increased political leverage, or any actions further weakening the opposition.

==== Scoring System ====

When establishing a scoring system for Center of Gravity (COG) analysis or any operational planning process, it is essential to select a system that ensures consistency, clarity, and precision. The scoring system chosen should align with the specific objectives of the analysis and be easily understood by all participants. It is crucial to define each criterion clearly so that planners can interpret the scores uniformly. This will help ensure that lower or higher scores consistently reflect greater or lesser advantages, risks, or priorities.

Two primary approaches to scoring are **Traditional Scoring** and **Logarithmic Scoring**. Each method has its strengths and should be selected based on the complexity and depth of the analysis being conducted.

Two primary approaches to scoring are '''Traditional Scoring''' and '''Logarithmic Scoring'''. Each method has its strengths and should be selected based on the complexity and depth of the analysis being conducted.

'''Traditional Scoring'''

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 '''Criteria for Assessment:'''
 * '''Impact on COG (I)''': How significantly would exploiting the vulnerability affect the COG?
-** Definition: Evaluate how a vulnerability affects the COG’s essential functionality or stability. This includes considering both the immediate impact and the potential for escalated disruptions or impairments over time.
+''' Definition: Evaluate how a vulnerability affects the COG’s essential functionality or stability. This includes considering both the immediate impact and the potential for escalated disruptions or impairments over time.
-** Application: Analysis should include a detailed examination of how the vulnerability might compromise the COG, considering scenarios of varying severity and their probable impacts on the COG's operations and objectives.
+''' Application: Analysis should include a detailed examination of how the vulnerability might compromise the COG, considering scenarios of varying severity and their probable impacts on the COG's operations and objectives.
 * '''Attainability (A)''': How feasible is exploiting the vulnerability with available resources?
-** Definition: Assesses the feasibility of exploiting or mitigating the vulnerability, given the available resources, capabilities, and situational constraints.
+''' Definition: Assesses the feasibility of exploiting or mitigating the vulnerability, given the available resources, capabilities, and situational constraints.
-** Application: This involves evaluating the logistical, technological, and temporal resources required to address the vulnerability effectively. It should consider both the available resources and those that can be realistically obtained or mobilized.
+''' Application: This involves evaluating the logistical, technological, and temporal resources required to address the vulnerability effectively. It should consider both the available resources and those that can be realistically obtained or mobilized.
 * '''Potential for Follow-Up Actions (F)'''
-** Definition: Measures how addressing the vulnerability can provide strategic advantages or enable further actions that strengthen the COG or degrade an adversary's position.
+''' Definition: Measures how addressing the vulnerability can provide strategic advantages or enable further actions that strengthen the COG or degrade an adversary's position.
-** Application: Focus on identifying opportunities for additional strategic actions post-mitigation or exploitation. These could include enhanced security measures, increased political leverage, or any actions further weakening the opposition.
+''' Application: Focus on identifying opportunities for additional strategic actions post-mitigation or exploitation. These could include enhanced security measures, increased political leverage, or any actions further weakening the opposition.
 ==== Scoring System ====
 When establishing a scoring system for Center of Gravity (COG) analysis or any operational planning process, it is essential to select a system that ensures consistency, clarity, and precision. The scoring system chosen should align with the specific objectives of the analysis and be easily understood by all participants. It is crucial to define each criterion clearly so that planners can interpret the scores uniformly. This will help ensure that lower or higher scores consistently reflect greater or lesser advantages, risks, or priorities.
-Two primary approaches to scoring are **Traditional Scoring** and **Logarithmic Scoring**. Each method has its strengths and should be selected based on the complexity and depth of the analysis being conducted.
+Two primary approaches to scoring are '''Traditional Scoring''' and '''Logarithmic Scoring'''. Each method has its strengths and should be selected based on the complexity and depth of the analysis being conducted.
 '''Traditional Scoring'''