Campbell’s Law
From Cognitive Attack Taxonomy
Campbell’s Law
Short Description: Metric optimization may lead to detrimental follow on effects.
CAT ID: CAT-2023-006
Layer: 9
Operational Scale: Operational
Level of Maturity: Well-Established
Category: Vulnerability
Subcategory:
Also Known As:
Description:
Brief Description:
Closely Related Concepts:
Mechanism:
Multipliers:
Detailed Description: When organizations optimize metrics at the cost of all else, they expose themselves to metric corruption.
INTERACTIONS [VETs]:
Examples:
Use Case Example(s):
Example(s) From The Wild:
