MITRE ATT&CK® · Threat-Informed Defense

Defense mapped to the same framework your adversaries follow.

Modern attackers don't read whitepapers — they execute patterns documented in the MITRE ATT&CK Framework. Paliton's SOC, EDR, SIEM, and incident response are mapped to those exact tactics and techniques. You see precisely which adversary behaviors you're protected against, where the gaps are, and how each detection ties to a real-world TTP.

What is MITRE ATT&CK?

A globally accessible knowledge base of real adversary behavior.

Built from observed attacks, not theoretical threats. ATT&CK is the de facto standard CISOs, SOC teams, and red teams use to talk about how attackers actually operate.

14
Enterprise tactics
(Initial Access through Impact)
200+
Techniques & sub-techniques
continuously updated by MITRE
100%
Built from real-world attacks
observed in the wild
Our coverage

14 tactics. Mapped, monitored, and measurably defended.

Each card below is one ATT&CK Enterprise tactic. The bar shows our detection & response coverage across that tactic's techniques. Hover for context. Real numbers come out of the assessment for your specific environment.

TA0001

Initial Access

Phishing, exploited services, drive-by compromise, valid accounts, supply chain.

9/10 techniquesStrong
TA0002

Execution

Command-line, scripts, scheduled tasks, system services, user execution.

11/13 techniquesStrong
TA0003

Persistence

Account creation, registry run keys, scheduled tasks, boot/logon autostart.

17/19 techniquesStrong
TA0004

Privilege Escalation

Token manipulation, UAC bypass, abuse elevation control mechanism.

10/13 techniquesStrong
TA0005

Defense Evasion

Obfuscation, masquerading, indicator removal, file deletion, log tampering.

36/41 techniquesStrong
TA0006

Credential Access

Brute force, credential dumping, OS creds, browser stored creds, MFA bypass.

14/16 techniquesStrong
TA0007

Discovery

Network/system/account enumeration, domain trust discovery, file/dir discovery.

30/32 techniquesStrong
TA0008

Lateral Movement

Remote services, internal spearphishing, lateral tool transfer, taint shared content.

9/11 techniquesStrong
TA0009

Collection

Email, screen capture, audio/video capture, automated collection, archive collected.

13/17 techniquesModerate
TA0010

Exfiltration

Web service, DNS tunneling, scheduled transfer, alternative protocol, removable media.

8/9 techniquesStrong
TA0011

Command & Control

Application layer protocol, encrypted channel, web service, fallback channels, proxy.

15/17 techniquesStrong
TA0040

Impact

Data destruction/encryption, ransomware, defacement, resource hijacking, account access removal.

11/13 techniquesStrong
TA0042

Resource Development

Acquire infrastructure, compromise infrastructure, develop capabilities, establish accounts.

4/7 techniquesThreat intel
TA0043

Reconnaissance

Active scanning, gather victim info (domains, emails, infra), search open sources.

6/10 techniquesThreat intel

Coverage percentages reflect Paliton's typical managed cyber stack (CrowdStrike Falcon, M365 Defender, SIEM, ZTNA, network sensors). Actual coverage depends on what's deployed in your environment. Coverage gap assessments map your stack to the live ATT&CK Enterprise matrix.

How we use ATT&CK

Not a checklist. A working language for your SOC.

ATT&CK isn't a poster on the wall. It's the indexing system every Paliton SOC artifact is keyed to — alerts, runbooks, hunts, reports.

Detection engineering

Every alert is tagged to one or more ATT&CK techniques. You see "T1566.001: Spearphishing Attachment" — not "Alert: suspicious email."

Threat hunting

Hypothesis-driven hunts grounded in ATT&CK. We don't go fishing — we go after specific TTPs known to target your industry.

Purple team exercises

Red team techniques chosen from ATT&CK; blue team detections measured against those exact techniques. Closes the loop on coverage gaps.

Incident response runbooks

IR playbooks indexed by technique ID. When T1486 (Data Encrypted for Impact) fires, the runbook is preloaded — no improvisation under pressure.

Customer reporting

Quarterly Business Reviews show your tactic-by-tactic coverage map. Board-grade evidence that security spend tracks adversary capability.

Continuous coverage assessment

As ATT&CK evolves (techniques are added/retired quarterly), our coverage map evolves with it. You don't get a snapshot — you get a living posture.

Why Paliton

A real SOC. Not a checklist.

Lots of vendors say "ATT&CK-aligned." Few will show you their coverage map. Fewer still let you measure them against it on an ongoing basis.

Mapped before you ask.

Our SOC tooling is mapped to ATT&CK on day one of onboarding. You don't need to do the mapping yourself — we hand you the matrix on the kickoff call.

Evidence-grade reporting.

Customers get an ATT&CK Navigator JSON file every quarter, ingestible by your auditors, GRC tools, or your own threat-intel team. Not a screenshot — actual data.

Gaps surfaced honestly.

Where coverage is moderate or threat-intel-only, we say so explicitly. Most vendors paint everything green. We'd rather have your trust than your testimonial.

Industry threat profiling.

Different verticals face different adversary groups. We weight detection effort against the TTPs of groups actually targeting healthcare, finance, defense — your sector — not generic threats.

FAQ

Common questions.

  • Primary focus: Enterprise (Windows, macOS, Linux, cloud, network, containers, identity). We also support Mobile and ICS matrices for customers with relevant attack surface — manufacturing, OT, healthcare medical devices, etc. We tell you up front which matrix is most relevant for your environment.
  • Three categories: (1) Strong coverage — detection + response runbook. (2) Moderate — telemetry exists but detection isn't high-confidence; we surface for hunting. (3) Threat-intel only — we'd see it via correlation but not detect natively. Every gap maps to a specific recommendation: a sensor, a configuration change, or a tool addition.
  • Yes — quarterly purple team is included in our higher-tier MSSP engagements. We pick a small number of TTPs (usually 6–10) relevant to your industry, simulate them, measure detection time + completeness, and update playbooks based on what we learn. Output: a delta report against the previous quarter.
  • Paliton is tool-agnostic — we work with CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Defender, Cortex XDR; M365, Splunk, Sentinel, Sumo Logic for SIEM; Okta, Entra, Ping for identity. Our ATT&CK mapping is built on top of whatever you already have. If your tools don't cover a technique, we surface that as a gap, not as something you "need to buy."
  • Three things, quarterly: (1) ATT&CK Navigator JSON file with your covered/partial/uncovered techniques. (2) PDF executive summary with delta from prior quarter. (3) A 30-min walkthrough call with a senior analyst to discuss findings and next-quarter priorities.
  • We profile by industry: healthcare faces APT groups targeting CHC and hospitals (e.g., FIN12); finance sees Carbanak / FIN7 / Cobalt Group; defense faces nation-state groups (APT28, APT29, etc.). Our coverage emphasis tracks the adversary groups MITRE associates with your sector — not generic "all threats."

See your coverage map.

30-minute scoping + we run a sample mapping against your existing security stack. You get an ATT&CK Navigator visualization showing exactly where you're strong, partial, or exposed. No commitment. The data is yours either way.

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