About TLCTC

The Core Question

What exactly is a "cyber threat"? Despite widespread use in cybersecurity standards, frameworks, and regulations, this fundamental question remains inadequately answered. After analyzing major standards and regulations with "cyber" in their titles or descriptions, I discovered either circular references or traditional IT risk approaches that didn't capture the recurring patterns I'd observed over 40 years in IT and Risk Management.

The Journey

• Analyzed major cybersecurity standards and frameworks
• Identified gaps in threat categorization and definition
• Developed initial framework through thought experiment
• Validated against real-world scenarios
• Challenged and refined using AI models (LLMs and reasoners)

Key Principles

• TLCTC complements existing frameworks - it doesn't replace them
• Makes other concepts "sound" through logical foundation
• Provides clear bridge between strategic and operational security
• Offers consistent taxonomy for threat classification

Looking Forward

TLCTC challenges NIST and MITRE to evolve their approaches. While it can replace STRIDE, its primary value lies in making existing frameworks more effective through clear threat categorization and logical structure.

Mission

Bridge the gap between strategic cyber risk management and operational security through a logically-derived, non-overlapping threat categorization framework that enables targeted threat identification and comprehensive risk management.

Core Objectives

• For Strategic Leadership: Enable quantifiable risk assessment, support direct mapping to enterprise risk management, facilitate clear communication of cyber risks
• For Security Operations: Provide systematic foundation for threat hunting, enable precise attack path mapping, create common taxonomy for threat intelligence
• For Global Cybersecurity: Establish common language for cross-border threat communication, enable standardized intelligence sharing, support coordinated incident response

Industry Context

Current cybersecurity standards and frameworks operate in silos, using varying terminology and approaches. The TLCTC framework serves as a unifying layer, connecting strategic planning with operational execution while maintaining compatibility with established frameworks like NIST, MITRE ATT&CK, and STIX.

The TLCTC framework serves as a Rosetta Stone in this fragmented landscape.

Date: 2025/04/16

Consensus conclusion from leading AI models including Claude (Anthropic), ChatGPT (OpenAI), Gemini (Google), Le Chat (Mistral), DeepThink (Deepseek) and X Ai (Grok)

Anthropic: Claude (Sonnet 3.7, 3.7 extended)

OpenAI: ChatGPT (o3)

Google: gemini-2.0-flash-thinking-exp-01-21, gemini-2.5-pro-exp-03-25

Mistral: Le Chat (Mistral Large Nov 24)

deepseek: V3, DeepThink (R1)

X.AI: Grok 3, Grok 3 Think