Basyrix SOC Response Atlas by Basyrix

Initial Access

T1199 — Trusted Relationship

Adversaries may breach or otherwise leverage organizations who have access to intended victims. Access through trusted third party relationship abuses an existing connection that may not be protected or receives less scrutiny than standard mechanisms of gaining access to a network. Organizations often grant elevated access to second or third-party external providers in order to allow them to manage internal systems as well as cloud-based environments...

Investigate Trusted Relationship activity in the context of Initial Access: confirm scope, affected host/identity, and whether it matches expected administrative behaviour before deciding this is benign.

Platforms

IaaS, Identity Provider, Linux, macOS, Office Suite, SaaS, Windows

Priority / status

high / complete

Evidence to collect

  • Host or resource affected
  • Account or identity involved
  • Timestamp of the activity
  • Related process, file, or network artifact
  • Any preceding or follow-on alerts