Degradation Rehearsal

What It Does

Rehearse degradation and severing on the real estate, because an untested retrograde is a plan, not a capability.

Observable indicator. Every severing action has been exercised 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 maneuverM8 Isolation / RetrogradeGive ground deliberately to preserve the force. Degrade gracefully; never fail open.
• Terrain layerTX Cross-CuttingThe enablers of movement. Key terrain: The telemetry pipeline, the orchestration layer, the rules of engagement.
• Position in the form12 of 17M8 carries 17 cataloged techniques; this is the 12th 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 IVStabilizeEradicate, verify, and preserve availability through the recovery.

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.

• SM-6 Maneuver Effectiveness ValidationScheme of Maneuver — To replace assumed effectiveness with demonstrated effectiveness, so the coverage figure reflects what controls do rather than what was assumed of them.
• 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

Degradation Rehearsal — an exercise activity.

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 10 that share at least one control.

• 1 shared controlM10.01 Indicator-to-Detection ConversionM10 Exploitation & Pursuit · TX Cross-Cutting
  • SM-6
• 1 shared controlM11.07 Reconstitution ExerciseM11 Reconstitution · TX Cross-Cutting
  • CE-1
• 1 shared controlM4.12 Denied-Path Register EnforcementM4 Obstacle / Canalization · T3 Networks
  • SM-6
• 1 shared controlM7.06 Build Pipeline Integrity HuntM7 Counterattack · T4 Applications and Workloads
  • SM-6
• 1 shared controlM7.09 Detection Engineering from HuntM7 Counterattack · TX Cross-Cutting
  • SM-6
• 1 shared controlM7.10 Purple-Team ValidationM7 Counterattack · TX Cross-Cutting
  • SM-6