MITRE ATT&CK® has been recognized with the IEEE Computer Society Cybersecurity Award for Practice, honoring cybersecurity capabilities that measurably advance the field through operational impact, innovation, and broad community adoption. Presented at the 47th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy in San Francisco, the award recognized Blake Strom, Katie Nickels, Jamie Williams, and Adam Pennington "for contributions to the development and success of MITRE ATT&CK and its contribution to the global cybersecurity community."
Building on nearly a decade of development, MITRE is contributing Caldera to the Apache® Incubator as Apache Caldera (Incubating). Developed by MITRE with support from the National Science Foundation, Caldera’s transition to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is intended to expand collaboration across the global cybersecurity and open-source communities, increase platform adoption, and support long-term sustainability through vendor-neutral governance. Caldera is an open-source cybersecurity platform for automated adversary emulation, meaning it simulates real-world cyber attack behaviors so organizations can test, validate, and improve their defenses.
Wind is one of the most critical — and least predictable — drivers of catastrophic wildfires. A single gust can turn a small, containable brushfire into a fast-moving firestorm that threatens communities, infrastructure, and lives. Traditional weather models often struggle to accurately capture key details such as the precise timing, speed, and direction of winds, especially when those winds are shaped by complex atmospheric conditions over terrain sometimes thousands of miles away. To address this challenge, MITRE developed Ponderosa, an agile AI tool designed to improve accuracy in wind forecasting for wildfire management.
Sandboxes encourage creativity, providing space to experiment, build, and sometimes destroy. Trade sand for data and the same rules apply to digital sandboxes. They’re secure environments where practitioners can test and refine big ideas. No pressure. No risk. As leaders of federal research and development centers, innovation is built into our everyday. We developed the Federal AI Sandbox to share our approach. It’s a collaborative place where government and industry can tap high-powered computing for a wide range of complex, mission-critical challenges.
A new strategic collaboration between MITRE and The Weather Company (TWCo) aims to advance weather forecasting by incorporating high-resolution weather data into advanced AI-based forecasting tools. Increased detail and accuracy in forecasts could improve decision making for industry and government. In the first phase of the ongoing relationship, The Weather Company will use MITRE's Weather 1K, a high-resolution, continental weather artificial intelligence (AI) training data set built using MITRE's Federal AI Sandbox, into its Global High-Resolution Atmospheric Forecasting system (GRAF®) to develop more accurate and detailed forecasts that bridge the gap between experimental technology and operational reality.
The transatlantic security landscape is shifting fast. Adversaries are integrating, adapting, and fielding capability at speed, and the alliances designed to deter them must do the same. Against that backdrop, MITRE’s Europe and NATO team arrived at the 62nd Munich Security Conference (MSC), held Feb. 13–16, not as observers, but as active participants in shaping what comes next. Widely regarded as the world's premier platform for international security policy, MSC draws heads of state, defense ministers, military leaders, CEOs, and experts to confront the defining challenges of our era. This year's sessions zeroed in on transatlantic cohesion, Europe's accelerating defense responsibilities, and the double-edged sword of emerging technologies — issues that align precisely with MITRE's mission and the urgent priorities of our sponsors and partners.
A marine technology company is testing a MITRE approach to improve embedded energy storage for unmanned systems, EV structures, and aerospace applications. A technology company is evaluating applications of our IP to technology powering its uncrewed aircraft. Both are working with patented MITRE approaches that are among thousands available through a Department of War (DoW) Patent Holiday, an initiative accelerating commercial solutions to the warfighter. The Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering launched the program to streamline the flow of technology to national security missions. The patent catalog includes offerings from the nation's DoW laboratories and federally funded R&D centers (FFRDCs). Of hundreds of patents MITRE submitted, 14 were selected initially. “It’s critical that we make available IP from FFRDCs and federal laboratories as fuel for industry-driven solutions,” said Charles Clancy, MITRE chief technology officer and senior vice president of MITRE Labs.
The March MITRE 360 is here. Take a look at what’s happening across the organization—from collaborations with government sponsors, partners, and academia to the people and communities driving the work forward.
Asha Clark set her future in motion in middle school. Given three options for foreign-language study, she landed on Chinese—and never left. The choice quickly transformed into a lifelong passion. Clark’s love of Chinese language and culture led to a distinguished career as a trusted and globally engaged China analyst. As a MITRE principal project leader, she draws on that expertise and experience to help address domestic and foreign policy in a strategically critical realm. “I like being able to marry analysis and my rich understanding of the country,” she says. “National security, policy, strategic competition—deep subject-matter expertise provides perspective needed to inform analysis.”
MITRE’s Danielle Lohan enjoys the professional satisfaction of furthering federal health programs and policies that serve many different stakeholders. Through our Center for Transforming Health, Lohan supports innovation at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) with advanced service models, rural health improvement, and Medicaid access to home and community-based services. Lohan—who holds a master’s in healthcare policy and management from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health—shared her commitment to improving healthcare access, her appreciation of MITRE’s culture of support, and the skill from improv comedy that adds to her success at work.
