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title: "Continuous Breach & Attack Simulation (BAS) | Zero-Trust Architecture Canon"
description: "Continuous adversarial resilience validation framework executing automated chaos security experiments and MITRE ATT&CK techniques in production to mathematically prove Zero-Trust policy efficacy."
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# Continuous Breach & Attack Simulation (BAS) (`zt-arch-16`)

> **Pillar**: APPLICATIONS_WORKLOADS | **Archetype**: RUNTIME_KERNEL_DEFENSE
> **Blocked MITRE ATT&CK Techniques**: T1078, T1059, T1046, T1195

## Architecture Summary

Continuous adversarial resilience validation framework executing automated chaos security experiments and MITRE ATT&CK techniques in production to mathematically prove Zero-Trust policy efficacy.

## Adversary Model

Silent policy misconfiguration or firewall bypass remains undetected until exploited by real-world adversary during incident.

## NIST SP 800-207 Core Tenets

- The enterprise monitors and measures the integrity and security posture of all owned and associated assets.
- No asset is inherently trusted.

## 3-Tier Maturity Configurations

### INITIAL Maturity Target

- **Implementation Scope**: Annual third-party penetration testing and quarterly vulnerability scans.
- **Authentication Enforcement**: Manual evaluation of findings.
- **Network Isolation**: Standard staging environment testing.

### ADVANCED Maturity Target

- **Implementation Scope**: Automated weekly Breach & Attack Simulation (BAS) validating network policy enforcement and EDR alerts.
- **Authentication Enforcement**: Simulated credential theft and lateral movement attempts executed programmatically.
- **Network Isolation**: Canary namespaces with real production security policy enforcement.

### OPTIMAL Maturity Target

- **Implementation Scope**: Continuous autonomous adversary emulation integrated into CI/CD deployment gates.
- **Authentication Enforcement**: Deployments blocked automatically if security control fails simulated attack validation.
- **Network Isolation**: Live production chaos security injection with automated blast radius constraints.

## Terraform HCL Manifest

```hcl
resource "aws_cloudwatch_event_rule" "weekly_security_chaos" {
  name                = "weekly-security-chaos-simulation"
  schedule_expression = "cron(0 2 ? * TUE *)"
}
```

## Kubernetes / Tetragon Policy Manifest

```yaml
apiVersion: batch/v1
kind: CronJob
metadata:
  name: stratus-red-team-runner
  namespace: security-audit
spec:
  schedule: "0 3 * * *"
  jobTemplate:
    spec:
      template:
        spec:
          containers:
          - name: runner
            image: datadog/stratus-red-team:latest
            args: ["detonate", "k8s.privilege-escalation"]
          restartPolicy: OnFailure
```


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