Threat-driven Vulnerability Assessments
Advanced Cyber Threat & Resilience Assessments (ACTRA) delivers comprehensive, threat-informed platform vulnerability assessments for tactical systems and components.
Overview
Modern tactical systems operate in hostile environments—where trust assumptions, component interfaces, and architectural weaknesses become targets for advanced adversaries.
SpiderOak’s Advanced Cyber Threat & Resilience Assessments (ACTRA) go beyond simple compliance checks. Utilizing red and blue team methodologies, threat-informed architecture analysis, and tailored recommendations, ACTRA ensures your tactical platforms—whether space vehicles, UAVs, embedded systems, or ground infrastructure—remain resilient under real-world operational conditions.
ACTRA identifies exploitable weaknesses and vulnerabilities, enabling proactive mitigation and reducing the risk to cyber compromise.
What ACTRA Delivers
Mission-Aligned
Threat Modeling
Scope tailored to operational mission, system architecture, and specific threat landscape.
Architecture /
Configuration Review
In-depth analysis of trust zones, privilege management, segmentation, and enforcement layers.
Threat-Informed
Assessments
Dynamic and static testing combined with threat-informed red team assessments to simulate realistic adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
Attack Vector to
Risk Mapping
Clear mapping of discovered vulnerabilities directly to potential mission impacts—such as data compromise, denial-of-service, or operational disruptions.
Tailored Remediation
Guidance
Prioritized, actionable mitigation recommendations aligned with mission-critical requirements.
Why This Matters
Even systems meeting compliance standards can falter when faced with advanced adversaries who continuously refine their Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs). ACTRA proactively identifies vulnerabilities linked explicitly to mission risk, enabling remediation against exploitation—particularly crucial in contested, disconnected, and degraded environments.
Who We Support
ACTRA is ideal for:
Programs deploying or sustaining tactical platforms, control systems, or ISR payloads.
Teams preparing for red team evaluations or ATO package submissions.
Organizations fielding systems in contested, DDIL, or high-assurance environments.
Defense primes and aerospace integrators needing validated threat-informed security evaluations ahead of system delivery.
The ACTRA Process
Assessment Planning
Define assessment scope, mission context, and system architecture.
Threat
Modeling
Identify realistic attack paths, trust boundaries, and adversarial goals.
Threat-Driven Assessment
Conduct comprehensive red/blue team testing across hardware, software, and network layers.
Exploitation Analysis
Analyze potential adversary movement and assess mission-level impacts.
Risk
Prioritization
Transform findings into clearly ranked risks with visual representations.
Hardening & Validation
Provide targeted remediation strategies and re-test critical fixes.Strategic
Wrap-Up
Summarize mission-relevant insights, risk profiles, and recommended next steps for stakeholders.
Key Benefits
- Identifies realistic, actionable vulnerabilities—not just surface-level findings.
- Prioritizes mitigation efforts based on genuine mission impacts.
- Ensures readiness for secure system deployment, red team assessments, and Authority to Operate (ATO) requirements.
- Prevents costly mid-lifecycle adjustments through early-stage vulnerability detection.
- Supports compliance frameworks including NIST 800-53, MRAP-C, and DoD Zero Trust mandates.
Compliance & Framework Alignment
ACTRA assessments support and align with critical security standards and frameworks:
- NIST 800-53, 800-171
- Mission Risk Tolerance Criteria (MRTC) & MRAP-C
- DoD & CISA Operational Cyber Resilience frameworks
- Secure-by-Design mandates & ATO Readiness
Get Started with ACTRA
Your systems and threats continuously evolve. ACTRA assessments ensure you stay ahead—identifying and mitigating exploitable vulnerabilities before adversaries do.