MITRE D3FEND
What is MITRE D3FEND?
MITRE D3FEND is a knowledge base/graph that catalogs cybersecurity countermeasures and maps them to ATT&CK techniques.. It comprises 8 controls organised across 8 domains, and applies in International.
How MITRE D3FEND maps to other frameworks
All 8 controls, each one mapped to the equivalent requirement in other standards, with the evidence that carries across and the mappings that were judged and rejected shown alongside. No account needed to look.
See the control mappings →The 8 domains MITRE D3FEND groups its controls into
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Query MITRE D3FEND programmatically
MITRE D3FEND, its 8 controls and every mapping into other standards are available over a REST endpoint and an MCP server, so an agent can read them directly. The free tier is 10 calls a day and needs no signup.
MITRE D3FEND API reference and MCP config →What MITRE D3FEND requires, control by control
Each page carries the requirement text for one MITRE D3FEND control and what an assessor expects to see as evidence.
- MITRE-D3FEND-DETECT-TACTIC-FILE-PROCESS-NETWORK-IDENTIFIER-MESSAGE-PLATFORM-ANALYSIS-SIEM-EDR MITRE D3FEND Detect Tactic + File + Process + Network + Identifier + Message + Platform Analysis + SIEM + EDR
- MITRE-D3FEND-EVICT-TACTIC-CREDENTIAL-PROCESS-EVICTION-CONTAINMENT-INCIDENT-RESPONSE-RECOVERY MITRE D3FEND Evict Tactic + Credential + Process Eviction + Containment + Incident Response + Recovery
- MITRE-D3FEND-HARDEN-TACTIC-APPLICATION-CREDENTIAL-MESSAGE-PLATFORM-HARDENING-MFA-ENCRYPTION-SECURE-BOOT MITRE D3FEND Harden Tactic + Application + Credential + Message + Platform + MFA + Encryption + Secure Boot
- MITRE-D3FEND-ISOLATE-TACTIC-EXECUTION-NETWORK-ISOLATION-SANDBOXING-MICROSEGMENTATION-DNS-FILTERING MITRE D3FEND Isolate Tactic + Execution + Network Isolation + Sandboxing + Microsegmentation + DNS Filtering
- MITRE-D3FEND-MODEL-TACTIC-SYSTEM-INVENTORY-NETWORK-MAPPING-IDENTITY-DISCOVERY-ASSET-IDENTIFICATION MITRE D3FEND Model Tactic + System Inventory + Network Mapping + Identity Discovery + Asset Identification
- MITRE-D3FEND-SCOPE-MITRE-NSA-2021-CC-BY-4-0-COUNTERMEASURE-KNOWLEDGE-GRAPH-COMPANION-ATTACK-ONTOLOGY MITRE D3FEND Scope + MITRE + NSA 2021 + CC BY 4.0 + Countermeasure Knowledge Graph + Companion to ATT&CK + Ontology
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