What It Does
Exercise recovery against a real failure scenario on a stated cadence, because an untested recovery plan is a document.
Observable indicator. Every recovery objective has been demonstrated within its stated period.
Where It Sits
A technique is chosen from inside a form and emplaced on one layer. Both are the catalog’s own declarations; the position is counted in catalog order.
- Form of maneuverM11 ReconstitutionRestore the mission on evidence, not on hope — and prove it before you need it.
- Terrain layerTX Cross-CuttingThe enablers of movement. Key terrain: The telemetry pipeline, the orchestration layer, the rules of engagement.
- Position in the form7 of 11M11 carries 11 cataloged techniques; this is the 7th in catalog order.
Phases It Is Employed In
Employed in 2 of the campaign’s six phases. A phase named here means at least this technique is live in it — not that the form it belongs to is the main effort.
- Phase 0ShapeContinuous terrain preparation, zero-trust hardening, partnerships, threat intelligence.
- Phase VEnable / RestoreRecover, harden, and update the doctrine and the intelligence requirements.
Controls That Assess It
The controls the catalog names against this technique. They are what an assessor would test to establish that it is emplaced and working — the indicator above is what shows it is working, which is a different question.
- RC-5 Reconstitution ExerciseReconstitution and Recovery — To convert declared recovery capability into demonstrated capability, so that objectives are proven before they are needed.
- CE-1 Cycle CadenceCycle Execution and Assurance — To keep the loop turning, so that defensive posture is a maintained position rather than a periodic assessment.
In MITRE D3FEND
What this technique is called in MITRE’s countermeasure ontology. The join runs technique-to-technique: D3FEND catalogs countermeasures, and the thing with a countermeasure’s shape here is the technique, not the control.
- D3-RO Restore ObjectRestore tactic
- D3-RF Restore FileRestore tactic
That a technique reaches a D3FEND countermeasure says the two describe the same defensive act. It does not say the countermeasure is deployed, configured, or working — that is an assessment finding about your estate, not a property of the framework.
Related Techniques
The catalog declares no relation for this entry, and no other entry names it — the inverse is derived here, so an incoming edge would show up even though this one never declared it. The techniques below share its assessment surface, which is the nearest adjacency the data supports.
Assessed Alongside
Not a declared relation: these are the techniques whose assessing controls overlap this one’s, ranked by how much of the two assessment surfaces coincide. Showing 4 of 4 that share at least one control.
- 1 shared controlM11.08 Key Personnel ContinuityM11 Reconstitution · T7 Workforce
- RC-5
- 1 shared controlM8.12 Degradation RehearsalM8 Isolation / Retrograde · TX Cross-Cutting
- CE-1
- 1 shared controlM11.09 Alternate Facility ActivationM11 Reconstitution · T8 Facilities
- RC-5
- 1 shared controlM11.06 Service Restoration SequencingM11 Reconstitution · T4 Applications and Workloads
- RC-5