Compliance frameworks and threat intelligence have historically lived in separate worlds. CIS Benchmarks tell you to disable legacy authentication. MITRE ATT&CK documents that adversaries use T1078 (Valid Accounts) and T1110 (Brute Force) to exploit exactly the weakness that legacy authentication represents. The frameworks agree on the action. They just describe it in different languages.
Dynamic Keyword Mapping
TATER maps controls to ATT&CK techniques using a keyword-based approach implemented in getMitreForControl(). The function analyzes control titles, descriptions, and categories to identify technique-relevant keywords. Over 30 keyword patterns map to 15+ techniques, covering the most common attack vectors that compliance controls are designed to mitigate.
Threat-Informed Compliance
The MITRE mapping appears on all three control detail panels in TATER. When you expand a control, you see not just the compliance requirement and your current status, but also which ATT&CK techniques that control mitigates. This transforms compliance from a checkbox exercise into a threat-informed security practice.
The dashboard includes a coverage section showing which techniques your passing controls mitigate and where gaps remain. This gives CISOs a board-ready view of threat coverage alongside traditional compliance percentages.
"Compliance tells you what to do. ATT&CK tells you why it matters. When you combine both, you get a security program that is both audit-ready and threat-aware."
How TATER Helps
TATER dynamically maps every compliance control to relevant MITRE ATT&CK techniques, giving your team a threat-informed view of compliance posture. See which techniques your passing controls mitigate, identify coverage gaps, and communicate threat exposure in a language that both auditors and security analysts understand.
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