Re: Asset: the missing piece in your puzzle

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Jerome Athias <>
Date
2015-11-27T15:52:34+00:00
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Re: Asset: the missing piece in your puzzle
and just as an example, if you have a TTP like a Java Deserialization issues with 0days, without CVEs, you would like to use OVAL

2015-11-27 18:29 GMT+03:00 Aharon Chernin <>:

If I want to share vulnerability/configuration detection information, like you I would use OVAL, CVE, CCE, etc. Why does this need to be an extension supported by CTI?

CTI STIX -> STIX Exploit Target -> CVE <- OVAL Definition 

CVE just happens to be the pivot point that we use to determine which OVAL definition. We don’t need to send the OVAL definition via a STIX message. The OVAL definition would be handled out of band from STIX.

Aharon

From: Jerome Athias <>

Date: Friday, November 27, 2015 at 9:13 AM

To: "Struse, Richard" <>

Cc: Aharon <>, Patrick Maroney <>, Jason Keirstead <>,
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Subject: Re: Asset: the missing piece in your puzzle

And btw, if you want to share this example, I recommend to use OVAL for the platform

(Is OVAL extension supported in CTI? And I am not asking about JSON OVAL)

On Friday, 27 November 2015, Struse, Richard <> wrote:

I don’t doubt the value of bridging this information in the context of a repository within your organization.  However, it is not within the scope
 of CTI nor is it information that most organizations would ever dream of sharing outside their boundaries.   I see STIX as letting us communicate that a threat is directed at a particular platform (e.g. Windows 7 or RHEL 4.x) or a specific vulnerability (e.g.
 CVE-2015-00001) and so on and enabling an organization to link that information with whatever asset-management system and data it has access to.

 

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

 

How will you bridge information related to threats/incidents/vulnerabilities/compliance/configuration... together?

(1M$ Question: what is affected by all of this?)

 

2015-11-27 17:14 GMT+03:00 Struse, Richard <>:

I agree completely.  Just because something (like asset information) is important and could be helpful in understanding the potential impact of a
 threat doesn’t mean that STIX or any component of CTI needs to define that information model.   We need to keep a laser-like focus on Cyber Threat and build bridges to other communities that are looking at asset, configuration or vulnerability information.

 

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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

 

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

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

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

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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

www.ibm.com/security | 
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

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[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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