STIX™ Version 2.0. Part 1: STIX Core Concepts

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STIX Version 2.0. Part 1: STIX Core Concepts

Committee Specification 01

19 July 2017

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http://docs.oasis-open.org/cti/stix/v2.0/stix-v2.0-part1-stix-core.pdf

Technical Committee:

OASIS Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) TC

Chair:

Richard Struse ([email protected]), DHS Office of Cybersecurity and Communications (CS&C)

Editors:

Bret Jordan ([email protected]), Symantec Corp.

Rich Piazza ([email protected]), MITRE Corporation

John Wunder ([email protected]), MITRE Corporation

Additional artifacts:

This prose specification is one component of a Work Product that also includes:

(this document) STIX Version 2.0. Part 1: STIX Core Concepts.http://docs.oasis-open.org/cti/stix/v2.0/cs01/part1-stix-core/stix-v2.0-cs01-part1-stix-core.html.

STIX Version 2.0. Part 2: STIX Objects. http://docs.oasis-open.org/cti/stix/v2.0/cs01/part2-stix-objects/stix-v2.0-cs01-part2-stix-objects.html.

STIX Version 2.0. Part 3: Cyber Observable Core Concepts. http://docs.oasis-open.org/cti/stix/v2.0/cs01/part3-cyber-observable-core/stix-v2.0-cs01-part3-cyber-observable-core.html.

STIX Version 2.0. Part 4: Cyber Observable Objects. http://docs.oasis-open.org/cti/stix/v2.0/cs01/part4-cyber-observable-objects/stix-v2.0-cs01-part4-cyber-observable-objects.html.

STIX Version 2.0. Part 5: STIX Patterning. http://docs.oasis-open.org/cti/stix/v2.0/cs01/part5-stix-patterning/stix-v2.0-cs01-part5-stix-patterning.html.

Related work:

This specification replaces or supersedes:

STIX Version 1.2.1. Part 1: Overview. Edited by Sean Barnum, Desiree Beck, Aharon Chernin, and Rich Piazza. Latest version: http://docs.oasis-open.org/cti/stix/v1.2.1/stix-v1.2.1-part1-overview.html.

CybOX Version 2.1.1. Part 01: Overview. Edited by Trey Darley, Ivan Kirillov, Rich Piazza, and Desiree Beck. Latest version: http://docs.oasis-open.org/cti/cybox/v2.1.1/cybox-v2.1.1-part01-overview.html.

This specification is related to:

Abstract:

Structured Threat Information Expression (STIX) is a language for expressing cyber threat and observable information. This document defines concepts that apply across all of STIX and defines the overall structure of the STIX language.

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STIX™ Version 2.0. Part 1: STIX Core Concepts. Edited by Rich Piazza, John Wunder, and Bret Jordan. 19 July 2017. OASIS Committee Specification 01. http://docs.oasis-open.org/cti/stix/v2.0/cs01/part1-stix-core/stix-v2.0-cs01-part1-stix-core.html. Latest version: http://docs.oasis-open.org/cti/stix/v2.0/stix-v2.0-part1-stix-core.html.

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Table of Contents

​1​ Introduction 7

​1.0​ IPR Policy 7

​1.1​ Terminology 7

​1.2​ Normative References 7

​1.3​ Non-Normative References 8

​1.4​ Overview 8

​1.4.1​ Graph-Based Model 8

​1.4.2​ STIX™ Domain Objects 9

​1.4.3​ STIX™ Relationships 9

​1.4.4​ Cyber Observables 10

​1.4.5​ STIX™ Patterning 10

​1.4.6​ Vocabularies 10

​1.4.7​ Serialization 10

​1.4.8​ Transporting STIX™ 11

​1.5​ Naming Requirements 11

​1.5.1​ Property Names and String Literals 11

​1.5.2​ Reserved Names 11

​1.6​ Document Conventions 11

​1.6.1​ Naming Conventions 11

​1.6.2​ Font Colors and Style 11

​2​ Common Data Types 12

​2.1​ Boolean 12

​2.2​ External Reference 13

​2.2.1​ Properties 13

​2.2.2​ Requirements 13

​2.3​ Float 15

​2.4​ Hashes 16

​2.5​ Identifier 16

​2.6​ Integer 17

​2.7​ Kill Chain Phase 17

​2.8​ List 18

​2.9​ Open Vocabulary 19

​2.10​ String 20

​2.11​ Timestamp 20

​2.11.1​ Requirements 20

​3​ STIX™ Objects 21

​3.1​ Common Properties 21

​3.2​ IDs and References 23

​3.3​ Object Creator 23

​3.4​ Versioning 24

​3.4.1​ Versioning Timestamps 24

​3.4.2​ New Version or New Object? 25

​3.5​ Common Relationships 29

​3.6​ Reserved Properties 30

​4​ Data Markings 31

​4.1​ Marking Definition 31

​4.1.1​ Properties 31

​4.1.2​ Relationships 33

​4.1.3​ Statement Marking Object Type 33

​4.1.4​ TLP Marking Object Type 34

​4.2​ Object Markings 35

​4.3​ Granular Markings 36

​4.3.1​ Granular Marking Type 36

​4.3.1.1​ Selector Syntax 36

​5​ Bundle 39

​5.1​ Properties 39

​5.2​ Relationships 40

​6​ Vocabularies 41

​6.1​ Attack Motivation 41

​6.2​ Attack Resource Level 43

​6.3​ Hashing Algorithm Vocabulary 44

​6.4​ Identity Class 46

​6.5​ Indicator Label 47

​6.6​ Industry Sector 47

​6.7​ Malware Label 49

​6.8​ Report Label 51

​6.9​ Threat Actor Label 52

​6.10​ Threat Actor Role 55

​6.11​ Threat Actor Sophistication 56

​6.12​ Tool Label 58

​7​ Customizing STIX™ 60

​7.1​ Custom Properties 60

​7.1.1​ Requirements 60

​7.2​ Custom Objects 61

​7.2.1​ Requirements 61

​8​ Conformance 62

​8.1​ Producers and Consumers 62

​8.2​ Mandatory Features 62

​8.2.1​ Versioning 62

​8.3​ Optional Features 62

​8.3.1​ Object-Level Data Markings 62

​8.3.2​ Granular Data Markings 62

​8.3.3​ Custom Properties 62

​8.3.4​ Custom Objects 63

​Appendix A. Glossary 64

​Appendix B. Acknowledgments 65

​Appendix C. Revision History 71

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