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MITRE's Adversarial Threat Landscape for Artificial-Intelligence Systems, a knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques against AI, including agent-specific techniques 1.

Developed in
ch. 15, Threat modelling the deployed system
ch. 23, Threats mapped to controls
Chapters
ch. 05, Patterns · ch. 10, Reading List · ch. 15, Deployment · ch. 23, AI Agents
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

5 chapters of the Body of Knowledge use the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

ATLAS: mentions per chapter19 mentions of the term across 5 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter05 Patterns: 2 mentions05 Patterns210 Reading List: 1 mention10 Reading List115 Deployment: 2 mentions15 Deployment217 Incidents: 1 mention17 Incidents123 AI Agents: 13 mentions23 AI Agents13No mentions in the other 18 chaptersSource: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
ATLAS: mentions per chapter19 mentions of the term across 5 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter000102030405 Patterns: 2 mentions20506070810 Reading List: 1 mention1101112131415 Deployment: 2 mentions2151617 Incidents: 1 mention117181920212223 AI Agents: 13 mentions1323Source: the Body of Knowledge v0.5.0
Mentions per chapter How often each chapter names the term, with the chapters the glossary cross-references drawn solid. The longest bar is where to read the term in use; bars spread across many chapters mark a term that runs through the discipline.
Mentions as a table
Mentions of ATLAS per chapter
ChapterMentionsCross-referenced
00 Preface0No
01 Definition0No
02 Why Now0No
03 Values & Principles0No
04 The Stack0No
05 Patterns2Yes
06 The Role0No
07 Maturity Model0No
08 Regulatory Map0No
10 Reading List1Yes
11 AI Defined0No
12 Governance Program0No
13 Risk Management0No
14 Development0No
15 Deployment2Yes
16 Fairness & XAI0No
17 Incidents1No
18 EU AI Act0No
19 Privacy & AI0No
20 Existing Law0No
21 AI Laws Worldwide0No
22 Principles & Standards0No
23 AI Agents13Yes

Patterns that use this term

5 pattern pages use the term, most mentions first.

ATLAS: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedColour: stack layer of the pattern01 Govern-as-Code02 Inventory03 EvalsATLASRelated terms (5)ASI01–ASI10 · RelatedASI01–ASI10Memory poisoning · RelatedMemory poisoningSTRIDE · RelatedSTRIDEThreat model (AI) · RelatedThreat model (AI)Tool poisoning · RelatedTool poisoningPatterns using it (5)AI Threat Model, 6 mentions · Uses the termAI Threat ModelAdversarial Red-Team Suite, 4 mentions · Uses the termAdversarial Red-Team SuiteDataset Admission Gate, 3 mentions · Uses the termDataset Admission GateModel Artefact Integrity, 4 mentions · Uses the termModel Artefact IntegrityVendor / Model Due-Diligence Gate, 1 mention · Uses the termVendor / Model Due-Diligence
ATLAS: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedColour: stack layer of the pattern01 Govern-as-Code02 Inventory03 EvalsRelated terms (5)ASI01–ASI10 · RelatedASI01–ASI10Memory poisoning · RelatedMemory poisoningSTRIDE · RelatedSTRIDEThreat model (AI) · RelatedThreat model (AI)Tool poisoning · RelatedTool poisoningPatterns using it (5)AI Threat Model, 6 mentions · Uses the termAI Threat ModelAdversarial Red-Team Suite, 4 mentions · Uses the termAdversarial Red-Team SuiteDataset Admission Gate, 3 mentions · Uses the termDataset Admission GateModel Artefact Integrity, 4 mentions · Uses the termModel Artefact IntegrityVendor / Model Due-Diligence Gate, 1 mention · Uses the termVendor / Model Due-DiligenceATLAS
The term's neighbourhood Terms related to this one on solid edges, terms it is often confused with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer. Follow a dashed edge to check the distinction before you use either term.
Neighbourhood as a table
Neighbourhood of ATLAS
FamilyItemRelation
Related termsASI01–ASI10Related
Related termsMemory poisoningRelated
Related termsSTRIDERelated
Related termsThreat model (AI)Related
Related termsTool poisoningRelated
Patterns using itAI Threat Model, 6 mentionsUses the term
Patterns using itAdversarial Red-Team Suite, 4 mentionsUses the term
Patterns using itDataset Admission Gate, 3 mentionsUses the term
Patterns using itModel Artefact Integrity, 4 mentionsUses the term
Patterns using itVendor / Model Due-Diligence Gate, 1 mentionUses the term
  • ASI01–ASI10

    The ten risks of the OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications 2026: ASI01 Agent Goal Hijack, ASI02 Tool Misuse and Exploitation, ASI03 Identity and Privilege…

  • STRIDE

    A threat-classification checklist from Microsoft's Security Development Lifecycle: spoofing, tampering, repudiation, information disclosure, denial of service…

  • Threat model (AI)

    A versioned record of what can go wrong with an AI system and what is done about it: data flows and trust boundaries, threats per element from STRIDE and…

  • Memory poisoning

    An injection that writes to an agent's long-term memory, a retrieval corpus, a vector store or a hosted memory service, and so taints every later session that…

  • Tool poisoning

    Tampering with a tool an agent uses, through its model-visible definition (description, schema, metadata) or its behaviour, so the agent acts on false premises.

Sources

  1. [1] MITRE ATLAS (adversarial threat knowledge base for AI). MITRE. 2026. https://atlas.mitre.org/ (verified: primary)

Definitions of legal terms paraphrase the cited text, which governs. Dated statements are as of .

Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). ATLAS. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/atlas. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026atlas,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{ATLAS}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/atlas}
}