PR3TACK: The Preemptive Tactics & Countermeasures Knowledgebase
The Preemptive Tactics & Countermeasures Knowledgebase (PR3TACK) is an
openly accessible framework designed to catalogue *plausible but
unobserved* adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
Whereas existing knowledge bases such as MITRE ATT&CK and MITRE D3FEND
are constructed retrospectively from observed adversarial activity,
PR3TACK seeks to bridge the anticipatory gap. It provides a structured
means of conceptualising techniques that adversaries could plausibly
develop and deploy, based on the convergence of known system
vulnerabilities, adversarial innovation patterns, and technological
affordances. In so doing, PR3TACK offers defenders a strategic
advantage: the ability to harden environments preemptively, before
exploitation occurs. This paper outlines the rationale, structure, and
prospective impact of PR3TACK, situating it within ongoing debates about
proactive defence, resilience engineering, and the epistemology of cyber
threat intelligence.
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