Measure, Maximize, and Mature Threat-Informed Defense v1.0.0

The Measure, Maximize, and Mature Threat-Informed Defense (M3TID) project defines what threat-informed defense is and the key activities associated with its practice. The project captures insights and best practices for what it means to be threat-informed across a security program, expanding the dimensions of threat-informed defense into key components that organizations can implement. For each of these components, the project defines specific elements of implementation maturity, which enables organizations to assess and to understand the current and future state of their threat-informed defense program.

This project is created and maintained by the MITRE Engenuity Center for Threat-Informed Defense in futherance of our mission to advance the start of the art and and the state of the practice in threat-informed defense globally. The project is funded by our research participants.

Contents

• What is Threat-Informed Defense?
  • Overview
  • Leveraging ATT&CK
  • A Continuous Process
• Getting Started with Threat-Informed Defense
  • Why is Threat-Informed Defense Valuable?
  • Who Should Consider Threat-Informed Defense?
  • Adding the Threat-Informed Perspective
  • How Does this Align with a Baseline Security Program?
• Three Dimensions of Threat-Informed Defense
  • Threat-Informed Defense Cycle
  • Cyber Threat Intelligence - Know the Adversary
  • Defensive Measures - Proactively Defend
  • Testing & Evaluation - Learn and Improve
• Measuring Threat-Informed Defense
  • Methodology
  • Weighting and Scoring
  • Overall Threat-Informed Defense Scoring
  • Example Scoring
• Maximize & Mature Threat-Informed Defense
  • Improvement
  • Tracking Improvement over Time
• Moving Forward
  • M3TID Future Work
• Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
• Changelog
  • Measuring, Maximizing, and Maturing Threat-Informed Defense (M3TID) 1.0
• Appendix A - Key Components and Maturity Levels
  • Cyber Threat Intelligence
  • Defensive Measures
  • Test & Evaluation
• Appendix B - Scoring Spreadsheet

Notice

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