ATT&CK® Cyber Threat Intelligence Defense Recommendations Badge

The ATT&CK Cyber Threat Intelligence Defense Recommendations badge validates a defender’s mastery of using ATT&CK mapped data to make defensive recommendations for an enterprise. The focus is to validate: • Mastery in how the defensive recommendation process works • Mastery in how techniques and sub-techniques are used in ATT&CK CTI • Proficiency in understanding constraints and tradeoffs within organizations Meet the training and mastery assessment authors: Amy L. Robertson Senior Cybersecurity Engineer at MITRE Amy Robertson is a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer for the MITRE corporation with over a decade of experience mitigating national security cyber risk. Amy provides cyber threat intelligence support to a number of mission spaces, including space assets and weapons systems. Before joining MITRE, Amy led the Department of Homeland Security's NCCIC Strategic Communications team and supported international cyber collaboration and capacity-building programs across Europe and Central Asia. Amy's experience extends into the private sector, where she managed cyber risk assessments and Cyber-OSINT & SOCMINT investigations for critical infrastructure portfolios. Ms. Robertson received a B.A in Social Science and History from Thomas Edison State College. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Johns Hopkins University with an M.A. in Global Security Studies. Jackie Lasky Senior Cybersecurity Engineer at MITRE ATT&CK® Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst Jackie Lasky is a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer and ATT&CK® Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst for the MITRE Corporation. She's been a member of the MITRE ATT&CK® team for three years and is currently involved in various efforts involving data analytics, machine learning, and CTI for ATT&CK®. Jackie holds a B.S. in Computer Science from George Mason University and is currently working on her M.S. in Analytics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Steve Luke Director of Content MITRE ATT&CK Defender ™ Steve Luke is the Director of Content for MITRE ATT&CK Defender™. He’s dedicated to empowering organizations with more effective ways to robustly detect and respond to cyber-attacks. Since 2007, Steve has focused on delivering innovative solutions to cyber missions, with a special focus on ATT&CK® and its application to hunting. Steve co-authored a paper on TTP-Based Hunting, developed and delivered educational materials about that methodology, and leads purple teaming events to explore ATT&CK techniques and develop robust analytic approaches to detect them. Steve earned a B.S. and Masters of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University with a focus on digital signal processing. Prior to joining MITRE in 2005, he served as an officer in the United States Air Force. To consider before attempting to earn the badge: • Have a solid understanding of the ATT&CK Framework • Understand security concepts or have prior CTI field experience • Complete the ATT&CK Cyber Threat Intelligence course