MITRE ATT&CKsub-technique

T1591.004 Identify Roles

Published 2020-10-02 Modified 2025-10-24 Official page ↗
Domain
enterprise
Tactics
Reconnaissance
Platforms
PRE
Version
1.0
Created
2020-10-02

Description

Adversaries may gather information about identities and roles within the victim organization that can be used during targeting. Information about business roles may reveal a variety of targetable details, including identifiable information for key personnel as well as what data/resources they have access to. Adversaries may gather this information in various ways, such as direct elicitation via Phishing for Information. Information about business roles may also be exposed to adversaries via online or other accessible data sets (ex: Social Media or Search Victim-Owned Websites). Gathering this information may reveal opportunities for other forms of reconnaissance (ex: Phishing for Information or Search Open Websites/Domains), establishing operational resources (ex: Establish Accounts or Compromise Accounts), and/or initial access (ex: Phishing).

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Subtechnique of · MITRE ATT&CK (1)

  • T1591 Gather Victim Org Information technique

Tactic · MITRE ATT&CK (1)

  • TA0043 Reconnaissance tactic

Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · mitigates (1)

  • M1056 Pre-compromise mitigation

Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · uses (5)

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