Enhanced Cyber Threat Model for Financial Services Sector (FSS) Institutions: Threat Model ATT and CK/CAPEC Version

Abstract

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S and T) Next Generation Cyber Infrastructure (NGCI) Apex program is seeking to integrate innovative cyber technologies into use in the Financial Services Sector (FSS). As part of the NGCI Apex program, The Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute (HSSEDI) is developing a cyber threat model for FSS institutions. The NGCI Apex program will use threat modeling and cyber wargaming to inform the development and evaluation of risk metrics, technology foraging, and the evaluation of how identified technologies could decrease risks. The threat model is intended both to support NGCI Apex use cases and to provide a common, consistent frame of reference for community interaction, supplementing institution-specific threat models maintained internally within individual institutions. HSSEDI previously developed and populated a high-level framework and high-level threat model tailored to the FSS. In this report, the high-level model is expanded into a more detailed threat model, reflecting attacker methods at a level relevant to implementation with respect to a generic FSS institution. Attacker methods are drawn from MITRE and cyber defense community sources including Adversary Tactics Techniques and Common Knowledge (ATT and CK), ATT and CK for Left of Exploit (PRE-ATT and CK), and Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 28, 2018
Accession Number
AD1108017

Entities

People

  • Catherine D. Mccollum
  • Clement W. Skorupka
  • David B. Fox
  • Deborah J. Bodeau
  • Eric I. Arnoth

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Protocols
  • Application Software
  • Cloud Computing
  • Command And Control
  • Communication Channels
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Cyber Defense Techniques
  • Cyber Threats
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Denial Of Service Attack
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Electronic Mail
  • Homeland Security
  • Human Behavior
  • Information Security
  • Information Systems
  • Intelligence Community (United States)
  • Mobile Devices
  • Mobile Phones
  • Network Protocols
  • Operating Systems
  • Smart Phones
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber