The concept of center of gravity is the idea that each organization has a focal point of strength. It may be a specific capability that is possessed and being utilized. It may be a relationship of two or more factors that creates a larger source of strength. We want to use our centers of gravity and take away our adversaries' center of gravity. Maneuver warfare requires that the practitioner identify and understand what the other sides' center of gravity is. We should not try to eliminate that strength directly, however, we should concentrate our strength on some relative weakness that would adversely impact the enemy's center of gravity.

Where is the enemy weakest? Where is the flank? Where can we cause the most disruption to their operations? Our adversaries' center of gravity is their ability to move around the battlespace as they wish, and exploit opportunity at their will until they are discovered. Ethics, laws, and regulations prohibit us from counterattacking our opponents but we still have to defend our network in the following ways: 

• By identifying the capabilities that we have established in our IT organizations, we can conduct gap analyses against known capability maturity models to find our critical vulnerabilities for each function as well as identify our center of gravity
• By understanding our current capabilities and identifying gaps in capability, we will begin to develop how the strategy to improve capability will support operations and how best we can employ our teams
• Once this is place, we start to look how our teams are able to understand how their work integrates with current operations, it opens the doors to possibilities to be proactive in our defense