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Conduct of the test: what the commissioning organisation must ensure is governed – PTES

PTES PTES-3.2: Require a consistent, repeatable threat model tied to the organisation's assets

Where the test uses threat modelling, the organisation ensures a consistent and repeatable model is used that represents threats and their capabilities as they apply to the organisation and can be reapplied to future tests with comparable results. The model is anchored on the organisation's own business assets and processes (identifying primary and secondary assets, critical versus non-critical processes, and the relevant threat communities and their capabilities), drawing on the organisation's documentation and interviews. This leaf governs that the model is asset-grounded and repeatable, so results can be compared over time and support risk decisions.

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