The Cyber Kill Chain: Where Machine Learning Fits at Each Stage

Lockheed Martin's seven-stage Cyber Kill Chain, and which family of trained model helps a defender break it at each stage, from reconnaissance through actions on objectives.

~5 min total·4 quadrants of structured content

By the end of this topic, you will

List the seven stages of the Cyber Kill Chain in order
Match each stage to the family of machine learning that most directly defends it
Explain why the cheapest stage to break is not always the same as the most dramatic one to stop

Quadrant 1 · e-Tutorial

Video lectures and walkthroughs

Video content coming soon.

Quadrant 2 · e-Content

Articles and case studies

The Cyber Kill Chain: Where Machine Learning Fits at Each Stage

An attacker must succeed at every stage of the kill chain in order. A defender only has to break it once, and a trained model is often the cheapest way to break a specific link.

Quadrant 3 · Web Resources