Most organizations lack clear visibility into their security controls’ effectiveness. Security controls fail often and silently, and breaches continue to carry impact. Cybersecurity teams need a proactive, easy means to stay on top of how well their security programs are actually performing. A threat-informed defense strategy helps solve this problem by focusing organizations on known threats, and then testing security […]

Cloud security is a complex landscape to navigate. That’s partly because each cloud provider’s security offerings are at a different level of maturity. It’s also because there is little publicly available information on the efficacy of these controls. New research from MITRE Engenuity’s Center for Threat-Informed Defense is mitigating this complexity and increasing cloud cybersecurity effectiveness. The Center partnered with […]

Leading global organizations — from the United States military to global banks to energy providers — have been investing in cybersecurity for decades. However, intruders continue to break past organizational defenses. With the publication of the MITRE ATT&CK framework of adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), security teams now have a single repository of threat behavior that they can use […]

Despite relentless pressures and shifting responsibilities, the best Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) persist and thrive in their positions, because “they feel they and their security teams are making a difference”. So how do you gauge your impact on your organization? According to Gartner estimates, 30% of your effectiveness will be directly measured on your ability to create value for […]

Over the past few years, a flood of increasingly successful cyberattacks has driven MITRE ATT&CK into the spotlight. MITRE ATT&CK helps security practitioners improve cybersecurity defenses and processes by enabling security teams to better plan, emulate, and respond to adversarial threats. The Security Practitioner’s Guide to MITRE ATT&CK shares real-world data on the MITRE ATT&CK framework and the strong benefits […]

MITRE ATT&CK is a sector-agnostic cybersecurity framework that can help any organization to improve its cybersecurity effectiveness. To explore how one major company uses MITRE ATT&CK, we spoke to a leading chief information security officer in the financial sector about how ATT&CK and the AttackIQ Security Optimization Platform help him to protect his customers and the firm’s most important data. […]

AttackIQ®, the leading independent vendor of Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) systems, today announced the launch of MITRE ATT&CK® for Dummies, a free, easy-to-use guide designed to help businesses improve their security effectiveness, strengthen their cybersecurity program, and maximize resources.