MITRE ATT&CK ® : Design and Philosophy

MITRE ATT&CK is a globally-accessible knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques based on real-world observations. The ATT&CK knowledge base is used as a foundation for the development of specific threat models and methodologies in the private sector, in government, and in the cybersecurity product and service community. ATT&CK provides a common taxonomy for both offense and defense, and has become a useful conceptual tool across many cyber security disciplines to convey threat intelligence, perform testing through red teaming or adversary emulation, and improve network and system defenses against intrusions. The process MITRE used to create ATT&CK, and the philosophy that has developed for curating new content, are critical aspects of the work and are useful for other efforts that strive to create similar adversary models and information repositories.