cti/README.md

# CTI

This repository contains the MITRE ATT&CK® and CAPEC™ datasets expressed in STIX 2.0.
See [USAGE](USAGE.md) or [USAGE-CAPEC](USAGE-CAPEC.md) for information on using this content with [python-stix2](https://github.com/oasis-open/cti-python-stix2).

If you are looking for ATT&CK represented in STIX 2.1, please see the [attack-stix-data](https://github.com/mitre-attack/attack-stix-data) GitHub repository.
Both MITRE/CTI (this repository) and attack-stix-data will be maintained and updated with new ATT&CK releases for the foreseeable future, but the data model of attack-stix-data includes quality-of-life improvements not found on MITRE/CTI.
Please see the [attack-stix-data USAGE document](https://github.com/mitre-attack/attack-stix-data/blob/master/USAGE.md) for more information on the improved data model of that repository.

## ATT&CK

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.

<https://attack.mitre.org>

## CAPEC

Understanding how the adversary operates is essential to effective cyber security.
CAPEC™ helps by providing a comprehensive dictionary of known patterns of attacks employed by adversaries to exploit known weaknesses in cyber-enabled capabilities.
It can be used by analysts, developers, testers, and educators to advance community understanding and enhance defenses.

- Focuses on application security
- Enumerates exploits against vulnerable systems
- Includes social engineering / supply chain
- Associated with Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

<https://capec.mitre.org/>

## STIX

Structured Threat Information Expression (STIX™) is a language and serialization format used to exchange cyber threat intelligence (CTI).

STIX enables organizations to share CTI with one another in a consistent and machine readable manner, allowing security communities to better
understand what computer-based attacks they are most likely to see and to anticipate and/or respond to those attacks faster and more effectively.

STIX is designed to improve many different capabilities, such as collaborative threat analysis, automated threat exchange, automated detection and response, and more.

<https://oasis-open.github.io/cti-documentation/>