Beyond government mandates and corporate products, a specialized ecosystem of non-profit and international organizations provides the technical blueprints and community-driven intelligence that define modern security. These entities—ranging from ISO to OWASP—specialize in creating high-granularity frameworks that organizations use to measure their specific maturity. While governments provide the “what” (laws) and tech giants provide the “how” (tools), these organizations provide the “how well” (benchmarks). Their roles have become deeply integrated into global supply chain requirements, where a “certified” status from these bodies is often a prerequisite for doing business.
The MITRE Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) is a publicly available, comprehensive catalog that documents and categorizes common attack patterns used by adversaries to exploit software and systems.… Read More »MITRE CAPEC – Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification Version 3.9