Definition:
A situation inside a corporation where there is one point of interest which causes everyone to cluster in one place, ignoring all of the current essentials that require that their existing coverage be maintained.
Explanation:
This is a phrase heard at a security conference that quite gave me the giggles and in context, it means that if there is a large security incident or general outage, suddenly everybody in the corporation from network and security people to management, all suddenly cluster around this one issue, getting in each other’s way and not being efficient, just kicking at the problem without any plan. Everyone wants to be seen leaping to the most important thing, abandoning their current duties and leaving the space open for a more coordinated assault by competitors or bad agents.
Disclaimer: As always these posts are not aimed at anyone client or employer and are just my personal observations over a lifetime of dealing with both management and frontline associates.