NNEAT at the EU MITRE ATT&CK Community Workshop in Brussels

Dan Brett and Roberto Izquierdo represented NNEAT at the EU MITRE ATT&CK Community Workshop 2026, held in Brussels with the support of the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium and the MITRE Center for Threat-Informed Defense.

What was discussed

The workshop brought together practitioners from across Europe to share hands-on experience with ATT&CK in real-world scenarios: prevention, detection and response based on documented techniques. The sessions most relevant to NNEAT centred on ATLAS — the AI threat matrix — and on how to integrate threat-informed defence continuously rather than as a one-off exercise.

Why this matters for NNEAT

ATT&CK is the backbone of NNEAT's TADR methodology. The rating that NNEAT assigns to an organisation's defensive posture is calculated by cross-referencing its actual controls with the ATT&CK techniques relevant to its sector and threat profile. Attending this workshop is not just networking: it is ensuring that methodology evolves alongside the standard.

The community that builds the standard

The most valuable conversations at these events often happen in the margins — SOC teams, researchers and vendors comparing notes on what works and what does not in real environments. NNEAT leaves Brussels with direct perspectives that will inform upcoming versions of Surface and the coverage engine.