Cybersecurity models

A collection of models for organizing, prioritizing, and understanding cybersecurity and information risk management concepts.

Functional models

Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce

Cyber Defense Matrix by Sounil Yu

Intrusion and/or adversary analysis models

ATLAS by the MITRE Corporation

ATT&CK by the MITRE Corporation

Cyber Kill Chain by Lockheed Martin

D3FEND by the MITRE Corporation

Diamond Model by the United States Department of Defense (DoD)

GenAI Attacks Matrix

SaaS Attacks by Push Security

Maturity models

Consumer Authentication Strength Maturity Model (CASMM) by Daniel Meissler

CSIRT Maturity Framework by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)

Cyber Threat Intelligence Capability Maturity Model (CTI-CMM) by the CTI-CMM team / working group

Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model (C2M2) by the United States Department of Energy (DoE)

Cybersecurity Maturity Matrix by Keith McCammon

Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, by the United States Department of Defense (DoD)

Detection Engineering Maturity Model by Kyle Bailey

Essential Eight Maturity Model by the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD)

Red Team Maturity Model (RTCMM) by Brent Harrell and Garet Stroup

Security Incident Management Maturity Model, by the Open CSIRT Foundation

Zero Trust Maturity Model by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Shared responsibility models

Artificial intelligence (AI) shared responsibility model by Microsoft

AI Security Shared Responsibility Model by Mike Privette

AI Shared Responsibility Framework, V1.0 by the Coalition for Secure AI

Shared responsibilities and shared fate on Google Cloud by Google

Shared responsibility in the cloud by Microsoft

Shared Responsibility Model by Amazon Web Services

Threat, risk, resilience and other management models

AI Risk Management Framework by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce

AI Risk Repository by MIT

CERT Resilience Management Model by Carnegie Mellon University

DIE Triad by Sounil Yu

FAIR Risk Management by the FAIR Institute

OCTAVE by Carnegie Mellon University

Risk Management Framework by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce

Threat Assessment and Remediation Analysis (TARA) by the MITRE Corporation