nact-methodology

Model Advanced Persistent Threat stages for network protocol security testing by mapping the 6-stage APT lifecycle from reconnaissance to exfiltration, defining attack entities like Attacker, C2 Server, and MIM to simulate realistic adversarial behavior against target protocols.

The NACT methodology for testing protocol security is Network-Attack Compositional Testing, which systematically models adversarial attacks and attack entity configurations to identify security vulnerabilities beyond simple compliance checks.

Yes, you can simulate adversarial attacks on QUIC and UDP protocols. The methodology provides protocol-specific bindings for QUIC, MiniP, UDP, and Stream Data to map targeted attack scenarios and identify communication vulnerabilities.

Define attack entities like C2 Servers and bots for security simulations by configuring specific adversarial roles including Attacker, Bot, C2 Server, Target, and Man-in-the-Middle (MIM) to construct realistic network attack scenarios during protocol testing.

Yes, NACT security testing works without external dependencies. The methodology operates independently using internal references to model the APT lifecycle and protocol-specific attack mappings without requiring additional tools or frameworks.

Limitations of using compositional testing for protocol vulnerabilities include its focus on the 6-stage APT lifecycle and specific protocol bindings for QUIC, MiniP, UDP, and Stream Data, meaning it may not cover attack vectors outside this modeled adversarial behavior scope.