Threat-INFORM Your Defense

Assess & Improve Your SOC Using Real Adversary Behavior

Use the MITRE INFORM maturity model to evaluate your threat-informed defense and turn the results into a prioritized improvement plan.

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What This Service Delivers

Threat-INFORM Your Defense helps organizations assess how TID is applied today and translate those insights into measurable improvements using MITRE INFORM maturity model. By grounding security decisions in real adversary behavior, the service helps teams prioritize effort, reduce noise, and improve security effectiveness across the program.

A Clear Baseline of Threat-Informed Defense Maturity

Understand how your organization currently applies Threat-Informed Defense practices.

Alignment Across Security Leadership

Create a shared understanding of priorities, gaps, and improvement opportunities.

A Prioritized Improvement Plan

Translate INFORM insights into practical actions that guide execution and track progress.

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How the Engagement Works

Train

Build the Foundation

A focused workshop aligns participants on:

Align stakeholders on TID principles
Apply adversary behavior to defensive decision-making
Review MITRE ATT&CK (optional)
Understand INFORM maturity model structure and scoring

Measure

Establish the Baseline

A facilitated tabletop exercise:

Evaluate INFORM dimensions and maturity levels
Document current TID practices as they exist today
Establish consensus scoring across participants

Advance

Drive Improvement

Assessment results are used to:

Define a tailored improvement roadmap and action plan
Identify near- and long-term actions aligned to adversary behavior
Establish ownership and reassessment cadence

What You’ll Walk Away With

A documented INFORM-based assessment of current TID maturity

A shared, consensus view of strengths and gaps across security stakeholders

A clear cadence for reassessment, measurement, and ongoing maturity tracking

A prioritized improvement roadmap with defined actions and ownership

Throughout the engagement, AttackIQ advisors provide hands-on guidance to support ongoing Threat-Informed Defense maturity.

Why AttackIQ

AttackIQ provides Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) solutions that validate security controls using real-world adversary behavior. AttackIQ is a founding Research Partner of MITRE’s Center for Threat-Informed Defense and has contributed directly to the INFORM maturity model.

Advance Your Threat-Informed Defense

Assess your current maturity, identify gaps, and define the next steps to improve security effectiveness.

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