Re: [cti-stix] Asset: the missing piece in your puzzle

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Jerome Athias <>
Date
2015-11-27T14:10:33+00:00
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Re: [cti-stix] Asset: the missing piece in your puzzle
that's what I did in XORCISM
So, ok, quickly... (but RTFM)

Assets are Organisations, Persons, "Automatons" (+Hardware)

So (again quickly):

Threat Actors are Assets

Threat Actors' Infrastructure are Assets

...

Because we have to deal with different contexts ("use cases") that depend of the Organisations (=Assets) (e.g. the GUIDs); until we have a mechanism (constructs) to "speak" about the Assets, we will face endless discussions on how to deal with each and every context/use case.

2015-11-27 16:31 GMT+03:00 Aharon Chernin <>:

I am 100% behind giving us the ability to communicate asset information. Just not sure it should be in STIX, or OASIS CTI for that matter. If we can do this at a higher level than CTI, then we can use the same asset standard for vulnerability, compliance,
 and threats. We could even use it outside of the information security space. 

I say we continue using exploit target until we can figure out how to get STIX out of the asset business. 

Aharon

From: <> on behalf of Patrick Maroney <>

Date: Friday, November 27, 2015 at 7:18 AM

To: Jason Keirstead <>, Jerome Athias <>

Cc: "" <>

Subject: Re: [cti-stix] Asset: the missing piece in your puzzle

ExploitTarget only represents where the "pointy end" of the stick is pointed (attack surface/vulnerability), not the organization or assets behind same.  Some of us share the view that there needs to be a top level object that represents the Victim(s)
 and their Assets.

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From: Jason Keirstead <>

Sent: Friday, November 27, 2015 8:08 AM

Subject: Re: [cti-stix] Asset: the missing piece in your puzzle

To: Jerome Athias <>

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Wouldn't an asset just be linked using the already existing facility of @idref on ExploitTarget?

Not sure something new needs to be created...

-

Jason Keirstead

Product Architect, Security Intelligence, IBM Security Systems

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www.securityintelligence.com

Without data, all you are is just another person with an opinion - Unknown 

Jerome
 Athias ---11/27/2015 01:49:35 AM---From 
https://www.sans.org/critical-security-controls to ISO 27001, through the NIST CSF (#1 Identify

From: Jerome Athias <>

To: 

Date: 11/27/2015 01:49 AM

Subject: [cti-stix] Asset: the missing piece in your puzzle

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From https://www.sans.org/critical-security-controls

to ISO 27001, through the NIST CSF (#1 Identify), NIST Risk Management 

Framework, SP 800-53... ... 

If you don't properly manage your Assets in cybersecurity: you will FAIL. 

Information obtained from the data that you will manipulate and 

exchange need to be linked to your Assets, the Assets of others 

(Supply Chain or Adversaries). 

So -again-, I invite you to look at 
http://scap.nist.gov/specifications/ai/ 

NB: While not perfect, and I can comment further with pleasure on 

where/why, the Asset concept/construct or relationships (i.e. through 

GUIDs) is, imho, NEEDED. 

PS: I will try to put effort on documenting where the current model(s) 

are currently weak regarding this domain 

Best regards 

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