- developed by Lockheed Martin (a large military manufacturer in the US), part of the Intelligence Driven Defense model that identifies what adversaries must complete in order to achieve their objective. roots from military kill chains like the foure F’s from the US military during WW2: Find, Fix, Fight and Finish the enemy, or a more modern version of that being F2T2EA: Find, Fix, Track, Target, Engage ans Assess
- mainly a communication tool for showing business leaders the steps in an attack and a big budget is needed to interrupt or make each layer more difficult for adversaries
- has 7 steps:
