Organizations today find themselves in a situation not unlike that of the Enterprise crew in “Star Trek.” They are facing a formidable, technologically advanced enemy capable of taking over key components of the organization. In one episode of “Star Trek,” in fact, the Borg collective takes control of Captain Jean-Luc Picard himself, to the horror of his crew.

So how can organizations fight an enemy of great patience and persistence, capable of launching surgically targeted attacks and assimilating systems and people into its own collective?