Threat Modeling with ATT&CK v1.0.0

Threat Modeling with ATT&CK provides a recommended approach that integrates MITRE ATT&CK® – the common language that security operations teams rely upon – into their organization’s threat modeling practices. The ATT&CK integration enables cyber defenders to focus on the activity of threat modeling with a clear, consistent understanding of adversary behaviors and tailor defensive investments to mitigate threats related to their systems or environments.

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

Contents

• Introduction
• Question 1: What are we working on?
  • Part 1: Assemble your team
  • Part 2: Mission Decomposition
  • Part 3: System Decomposition
  • Part 4: Identification of critical assets
• Question 2: What could go wrong?
  • Theory vs. Evidence
  • Theory
  • Evidence
• Question 3: What are we going to do about it?
  • Mappings Explorer Overview
  • Creating Security Capability Mappings
  • Creating Custom Mappings
  • Mappings Editor
  • Mitigating Threats to AMPS
  • Identify Areas of Risk
  • Implementing Mitigations to Risks
• Question 4: Did we do a good job?
  • System Improvements
  • Secondary Review
• Condensed Process
  • Question 1
  • Question 2
  • Question 3
  • Question 4
• Additional Resources
  • Cyber Threat Intelligence Resources
  • Attack Flow
  • Emulation Tools Mapped to ATT&CK

Notice

© 2024 MITRE Engenuity. Approved for public release. Document number(s) CT0122.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the “License”); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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This project makes use of ATT&CK: ATT&CK Terms of Use