MITRE D3FEND (Defensive Techniques)
D3-FIM

File Integrity Monitoring

Description

Detecting any suspicious changes to files in a computer system.

Mapped SPARTA techniques

16 techniques

  • DE-0003.08Received CommandsST0006
    addresses
    moderate

    Derived by composition, not from a source that names this pair. D3FEND publishes that File Integrity Monitoring counters T1562.003 Impair Command History Logging; SafeMode's curated mapping records DE-0003.08 as addressing that same adversary behaviour in the space domain. Detecting unexpected changes to stored files is the on-board table, parameter, and image integrity check, and is one of the few D3FEND controls that transfers to the spacecraft without reinterpretation. Recorded at moderate confidence because the supporting chain is two documented edges rather than one source attesting the pair directly.

  • Derived by composition, not from a source that names this pair. D3FEND publishes that File Integrity Monitoring counters T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation; SafeMode's curated mapping records DE-0003.12 as addressing that same adversary behaviour in the space domain. Detecting unexpected changes to stored files is the on-board table, parameter, and image integrity check, and is one of the few D3FEND controls that transfers to the spacecraft without reinterpretation. Recorded at low confidence because the supporting chain is two documented edges rather than one source attesting the pair directly, and because DE-0003.12 spans both a ground and a space face while the control reaches only one of them.

  • Derived by composition, not from a source that names this pair. D3FEND publishes that File Integrity Monitoring counters T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation; SafeMode's curated mapping records DE-0009.05 as addressing that same adversary behaviour in the space domain. Detecting unexpected changes to stored files is the on-board table, parameter, and image integrity check, and is one of the few D3FEND controls that transfers to the spacecraft without reinterpretation. Recorded at moderate confidence because the supporting chain is two documented edges rather than one source attesting the pair directly.

  • EX-0012.01RegistersST0004
    addresses
    moderate

    Derived by composition, not from a source that names this pair. D3FEND publishes that File Integrity Monitoring counters T1565.003 Runtime Data Manipulation; SafeMode's curated mapping records EX-0012.01 as addressing that same adversary behaviour in the space domain. Detecting unexpected changes to stored files is the on-board table, parameter, and image integrity check, and is one of the few D3FEND controls that transfers to the spacecraft without reinterpretation. Recorded at moderate confidence because the supporting chain is two documented edges rather than one source attesting the pair directly.

  • EX-0012.02Internal Routing TablesST0004
    mitigates
    moderate

    Derived by composition, not from a source that names this pair. D3FEND publishes that File Integrity Monitoring counters T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation; SafeMode's curated mapping records EX-0012.02 as addressing that same adversary behaviour in the space domain. Detecting unexpected changes to stored files is the on-board table, parameter, and image integrity check, and is one of the few D3FEND controls that transfers to the spacecraft without reinterpretation. Recorded at moderate confidence because the supporting chain is two documented edges rather than one source attesting the pair directly.

  • EX-0012.03Memory Write/LoadsST0004
    addresses
    moderate

    Derived by composition, not from a source that names this pair. D3FEND publishes that File Integrity Monitoring counters T1565.003 Runtime Data Manipulation; SafeMode's curated mapping records EX-0012.03 as addressing that same adversary behaviour in the space domain. Detecting unexpected changes to stored files is the on-board table, parameter, and image integrity check, and is one of the few D3FEND controls that transfers to the spacecraft without reinterpretation. Recorded at moderate confidence because the supporting chain is two documented edges rather than one source attesting the pair directly.

  • EX-0012.04App/Subscriber TablesST0004
    mitigates
    moderate

    Derived by composition, not from a source that names this pair. D3FEND publishes that File Integrity Monitoring counters T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation; SafeMode's curated mapping records EX-0012.04 as addressing that same adversary behaviour in the space domain. Detecting unexpected changes to stored files is the on-board table, parameter, and image integrity check, and is one of the few D3FEND controls that transfers to the spacecraft without reinterpretation. Recorded at moderate confidence because the supporting chain is two documented edges rather than one source attesting the pair directly.

  • EX-0012.05Scheduling AlgorithmST0004
    mitigates
    moderate

    Derived by composition, not from a source that names this pair. D3FEND publishes that File Integrity Monitoring counters T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation; SafeMode's curated mapping records EX-0012.05 as addressing that same adversary behaviour in the space domain. Detecting unexpected changes to stored files is the on-board table, parameter, and image integrity check, and is one of the few D3FEND controls that transfers to the spacecraft without reinterpretation. Recorded at moderate confidence because the supporting chain is two documented edges rather than one source attesting the pair directly.

  • EX-0012.06Science/Payload DataST0004
    mitigates
    moderate

    Derived by composition, not from a source that names this pair. D3FEND publishes that File Integrity Monitoring counters T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation; SafeMode's curated mapping records EX-0012.06 as addressing that same adversary behaviour in the space domain. Detecting unexpected changes to stored files is the on-board table, parameter, and image integrity check, and is one of the few D3FEND controls that transfers to the spacecraft without reinterpretation. Recorded at moderate confidence because the supporting chain is two documented edges rather than one source attesting the pair directly.

  • EX-0012.07Propulsion SubsystemST0004
    mitigates
    moderate

    Derived by composition, not from a source that names this pair. D3FEND publishes that File Integrity Monitoring counters T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation; SafeMode's curated mapping records EX-0012.07 as addressing that same adversary behaviour in the space domain. Detecting unexpected changes to stored files is the on-board table, parameter, and image integrity check, and is one of the few D3FEND controls that transfers to the spacecraft without reinterpretation. Recorded at moderate confidence because the supporting chain is two documented edges rather than one source attesting the pair directly.

  • Derived by composition, not from a source that names this pair. D3FEND publishes that File Integrity Monitoring counters T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation; SafeMode's curated mapping records EX-0012.08 as addressing that same adversary behaviour in the space domain. Detecting unexpected changes to stored files is the on-board table, parameter, and image integrity check, and is one of the few D3FEND controls that transfers to the spacecraft without reinterpretation. Recorded at moderate confidence because the supporting chain is two documented edges rather than one source attesting the pair directly.

  • Derived by composition, not from a source that names this pair. D3FEND publishes that File Integrity Monitoring counters T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation; SafeMode's curated mapping records EX-0012.09 as addressing that same adversary behaviour in the space domain. Detecting unexpected changes to stored files is the on-board table, parameter, and image integrity check, and is one of the few D3FEND controls that transfers to the spacecraft without reinterpretation. Recorded at moderate confidence because the supporting chain is two documented edges rather than one source attesting the pair directly.

  • Derived by composition, not from a source that names this pair. D3FEND publishes that File Integrity Monitoring counters T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation; SafeMode's curated mapping records EX-0012.10 as addressing that same adversary behaviour in the space domain. Detecting unexpected changes to stored files is the on-board table, parameter, and image integrity check, and is one of the few D3FEND controls that transfers to the spacecraft without reinterpretation. Recorded at moderate confidence because the supporting chain is two documented edges rather than one source attesting the pair directly.

  • EX-0012.11Watchdog Timer (WDT)ST0004
    mitigates
    moderate

    Derived by composition, not from a source that names this pair. D3FEND publishes that File Integrity Monitoring counters T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation; SafeMode's curated mapping records EX-0012.11 as addressing that same adversary behaviour in the space domain. Detecting unexpected changes to stored files is the on-board table, parameter, and image integrity check, and is one of the few D3FEND controls that transfers to the spacecraft without reinterpretation. Recorded at moderate confidence because the supporting chain is two documented edges rather than one source attesting the pair directly.

  • EX-0012.12System ClockST0004
    addresses
    moderate

    Derived by composition, not from a source that names this pair. D3FEND publishes that File Integrity Monitoring counters T1565.003 Runtime Data Manipulation; SafeMode's curated mapping records EX-0012.12 as addressing that same adversary behaviour in the space domain. Detecting unexpected changes to stored files is the on-board table, parameter, and image integrity check, and is one of the few D3FEND controls that transfers to the spacecraft without reinterpretation. Recorded at moderate confidence because the supporting chain is two documented edges rather than one source attesting the pair directly.

  • Derived by composition, not from a source that names this pair. D3FEND publishes that File Integrity Monitoring counters T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation; SafeMode's curated mapping records EX-0012.13 as addressing that same adversary behaviour in the space domain. Detecting unexpected changes to stored files is the on-board table, parameter, and image integrity check, and is one of the few D3FEND controls that transfers to the spacecraft without reinterpretation. Recorded at low confidence because the supporting chain is two documented edges rather than one source attesting the pair directly, and because EX-0012.13 spans both a ground and a space face while the control reaches only one of them.

Cross-framework references

Relationships published by the source frameworks themselves, reproduced here with attribution. They are not SafeMode Space mappings and carry no confidence rating of ours.

Counters 96 in MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise

Cite as SafeMode Space, d3fend D3-FIM.

Built 2026-07-25 from 216 techniques, 334 regulation articles, 125 ENISA controls, 2,610 framework controls, and 90 countermeasures.