What is a strategic kill chain in integrated defense, and what is the effect of disrupting its early steps?

• A. It describes attacker steps; disrupting early steps reduces probability of successful attack and reduces impact.
• B. It is a defensive blueprint for incident response with no effect on attack probability.
• C. It is a plan to coordinate logistics for defense procurement.
• D. It is a continuous improvement loop for threat intelligence with no relation to attacker steps.

Answer: (A)