MITRE D3FENDdefensive technique

D3-AA Agent Authentication

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Tactic
Harden

Definition

Agent authentication is the process of verifying the identities of agents to ensure they are authorized and trustworthy participants within a system.

Related

Counters · MITRE ATT&CK (20)

  • T1548.005 Temporary Elevated Cloud Access sub-technique
  • T0859 Valid Accounts technique
  • T1078.001 Default Accounts sub-technique
  • T1078.002 Domain Accounts sub-technique
  • T1078.003 Local Accounts sub-technique
  • T1078.004 Cloud Accounts sub-technique
  • T1087.001 Local Account sub-technique
  • T1087.002 Domain Account sub-technique
  • T1087.004 Cloud Account sub-technique
  • T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism technique
  • T1136.003 Cloud Account sub-technique
  • T1136.001 Local Account sub-technique
  • T1136.002 Domain Account sub-technique
  • T1098.002 Additional Email Delegate Permissions sub-technique
  • T1098.003 Additional Cloud Roles sub-technique
  • T1531 Account Access Removal technique
  • T1136 Create Account technique
  • T1078 Valid Accounts technique
  • T1087 Account Discovery technique
  • T1098 Account Manipulation technique

Referenced by MITRE D3FEND · child of (5)

  • D3-BAN Biometric Authentication defensive technique
  • D3-CBAN Certificate-based Authentication defensive technique
  • D3-MFA Multi-factor Authentication defensive technique
  • D3-PWA Password Authentication defensive technique
  • D3-TBA Token-based Authentication defensive technique

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