Blake Strom
Cybersecurity researcher and practitioner who founded the MITRE ATT&CK project and worked at MITRE for about seven years; former NSA cyber threat intelligence and defensive operations analyst and later joined Microsoft working in XDR and SIEM research and development.
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Feb 27, 2026 • 35min
Episode 125: Origins of MITRE ATT&CK
Blake Strom, cybersecurity researcher who founded MITRE ATT&CK and worked at MITRE and Microsoft. He recounts the Fort Meade experiment origins, how red/blue tests shaped the ATT&CK matrix, and why sub-techniques were added. He discusses ATT&CK evaluations, common misuses, and the project's unexpected rise in influence.
