Flowcharts of doom: Mapping adversary behaviour like a threat artist
Synopsis
Cybersecurity has no shortage of atomic indicators, tactics, techniques and data points. But stringing them together into something that actually tells a story? That’s where the real magic (and mayhem) begins. TTP's are just the trailer - Attack Flow is the full story!
The MITRE Centre for Threat-Informed Defense (CTID) ATT&CK Flow project can turn fragmented TTP's into cohesive, visual narratives of adversary behaviour. Forget flat spreadsheets and static threat reports - this is about painting the full picture, flowchart-style, with all the drama, nuance and logic of a good thriller. Explore how ATT&CK Flow helps defenders go beyond isolated detections and instead map how attackers move, pivot, adapt and escalate through an environment.
By tracing adversary behaviour and leveraging actual threat intelligence, using this flow-based thinking can highlight weak spots that might otherwise hide in plain sight. Think of this as building a storyboard for your threat landscape - a storyboard where the attacker’s every move is documented, visualised and ready to be countered. Time to see adversary emulation in a new light - not just a checklist of TTPs to simulate, but a fluid, visual, evolving narrative to learn from and defend against.
Whether you're a SOC analyst, red teamer or just a fan of beautifully structured chaos, level up from threat observer to threat artist - mapping the madness with precision and a few doom-flavoured flowcharts.