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M6.05 · M6 Delay · 5 of 10

Approval Gates on High-Impact Actions

What It Does

Require a second, human authorization for the small set of actions that would be decisive if abused.

Observable indicator. Decisive actions cannot be completed by one compromised identity.

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 maneuverM6 DelayBuy decision time and prevent the adversary culminating on the objective.
  • Terrain layerTX Cross-CuttingThe enablers of movement. Key terrain: The telemetry pipeline, the orchestration layer, the rules of engagement.
  • Position in the form5 of 10M6 carries 10 cataloged techniques; this is the 5th 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.

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.

  • CG-3 Rules of EngagementCommand and Governance — To let operators act inside a known mandate rather than guessing at one, and to make the boundaries of that mandate legally and operationally sound.
  • TA-4 Pre-authorized ResponseTempo and Temporal Advantage — To remove authority latency from the decision loop, so that the segment most programs cannot shorten with tooling is shortened by governance.
  • EN-4 Escalation and Engagement AuthorityEngagement and Pursuit — To remove the search for a decision-maker from the decision loop, which is where the decide segment is usually spent.

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.

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 6 of 22 that share at least one control.