Glossary: Security Fundamentals
Tactic
Also written: tactics
In ATT&CK, the attacker's goal at a given moment: the why. Examples are Initial Access, Execution and Persistence, and Enterprise ATT&CK v20 has 15.
Where the book teaches it
Related terms
TechniqueMITRE ATT&CK (Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge)