Kompromat Coverage (KC)
How many threats can be discredited on demand. Coverage is collected continuously via VITALNET.
Formula
Thresholds & Bands
| Band | Range | State |
|---|---|---|
| Broad | ≥ 80 | ok |
| Partial | 50-80 | warn |
| Sparse | < 50 | crit |
Why This Metric Matters
Kompromat Coverage is the Directorate's primary deterrence instrument against external threats. A high KC ensures that adversaries — journalists, regulators, rival executives — can be neutralized through reputational leverage before they act, eliminating the need for costlier and more visible interventions. When coverage drops below threshold, the Directorate loses its ability to suppress hostile actors on short notice, forcing escalation to operational countermeasures that carry significantly greater exposure risk.
Threshold Justification
The 80% broad-coverage floor was established after the Q3 2024 "Venn Incident," in which three uncovered threat actors coordinated a disclosure campaign that required emergency narrative intervention. PANACEA modeling indicates that coverage below 50% produces a combinatorial explosion in unaddressable threat vectors, hence the critical designation at that level.
Historical Context
KC stood at 62% at Directorate inception and reached its current operational target of 80%+ following the integration of Halo neural-telemetry feeds in early 2025, which dramatically accelerated evidence acquisition. Seasonal dips of 3-5 points are observed during personnel turnover cycles when new threat actors enter the registry faster than packages can be assembled.
Collection Method
Data is compiled by Influence Operations from the Evidence Vault, a compartmented subsystem of the Synaptic Data Fabric. Package viability is validated weekly by cross-referencing VITALNET behavioral telemetry, Halo cognitive-state logs, and open-source intelligence scrapes. PANACEA assigns a deployability confidence score to each package; only packages scoring above 0.85 count toward coverage.
Known Failure Modes
False-high readings occur when packages pass automated viability checks but contain stale evidence that would not survive adversarial scrutiny — a condition flagged as "paper coverage." VITALNET sensor gaps in low-infrastructure regions can delay evidence refresh cycles, causing packages to age out without triggering a coverage decrement. Manual audits are scheduled quarterly to correct for both failure modes.