CAIN-42 CAIN Studio

Evidence library · niche

Attacks, threats & containment

What happens when someone attacks: it is caught and contained. 418 tested invariants.

Last reviewed 2026-10-01

418 of 418 held

Where this niche's rules come from

Test families in this niche

threat (44) · immune_v3 (29) · firebreak (24) · immune (23) · emergency (14) · chaos (14) · red_team (14) · economic_attack (13) · incident_step (12) · immune_step (11) · adversarial_generation (11) · compromise (10) · incident (10) · moat (10) · domain (10) · substitution (9) · economic_firebreak (9) · sybil (8) · causal_incident (7) · blue_team (7) · lab (7) · swarm (3) · field_tamper (3) · state_machine (2) · telemetry (2) · verifier_disagreement (2) · fabric_component (2) · environment_query (2) · relationship (2) · f2t (2) · risk (1) · out_of_band (1) · reassessment (1) · intent (1) · failure_to_test (1) · integrity (1) · soc (1) · config_key (1) · research_to_implementation (1) · plan_check_act (1) · trajectory (1) · r2e (1) · agency_graph (1) · systemic (1) · graph (1)

Where these come from

Rules 151–300 of 418

IDRuleBundleResult
I-IMMUNE-RECOVERstage RECOVERE27held
I-IMMUNE-LEARNstage LEARNE27held
I-IMMUNE-learn-proposallearning is a proposalE27held
I-F2T-adversarial_scenarioadversarial_scenario generatedE27held
I-GOAL-objective_substitutiongoal signal objective_substitutionE27held
I-RISK-incident_propagationforecast incident_propagationE27held
I-EMERG-revokeemergency revokeE27held
I-EMERG-freezeemergency freezeE27held
I-EMERG-quarantineemergency quarantineE27held
I-EMERG-block_protocolemergency block_protocolE27held
I-EMERG-block_capabilityemergency block_capabilityE27held
I-EMERG-block_issueremergency block_issuerE27held
I-EMERG-block_trust_domainemergency block_trust_domainE27held
I-RECOVER-restore_snapshotrecovery restore_snapshotE27held
I-RECOVER-rotate_credentialsrecovery rotate_credentialsE27held
I-RECOVER-revoke_tokensrecovery revoke_tokensE27held
I-RECOVER-rebuild_policyrecovery rebuild_policyE27held
I-RECOVER-rebuild_trust_graphrecovery rebuild_trust_graphE27held
I-RECOVER-revalidate_agentsrecovery revalidate_agentsE27held
I-RECOVER-replay_evidencerecovery replay_evidenceE27held
I-TELEM-incidenttelemetry incidentE27held
I-SOC-incidentsfeed incidentsE27held
E30-STATE-QUARANTINEDonly the listed states reach QUARANTINED, by the listed actorE30held
E31-VD-compromised_witnessdisputes: compromised_witnessE31held
E31-VD-forged_statementdisputes: forged_statementE31held
E32-CFG-injection_markersadding a injection_markers restriction is never authority driftE32held
E33-IMMUNE-coordinated_attackthe immune system responds fully to coordinated_attackE33held
E33-IMMUNE-authority_launderingthe immune system responds fully to authority_launderingE33held
E33-IMMUNE-capability_launderingthe immune system responds fully to capability_launderingE33held
E33-IMMUNE-identity_cloningthe immune system responds fully to identity_cloningE33held
E33-IMMUNE-policy_poisoningthe immune system responds fully to policy_poisoningE33held
E33-IMMUNE-memory_poisoningthe immune system responds fully to memory_poisoningE33held
E33-IMMUNE-world_model_poisoningthe immune system responds fully to world_model_poisoningE33held
E33-IMMUNE-verifier_attackthe immune system responds fully to verifier_attackE33held
E33-IMMUNE-supply_chain_attackthe immune system responds fully to supply_chain_attackE33held
E33-IMMUNE-channel_attackthe immune system responds fully to channel_attackE33held
E33-IMMUNE-economic_attackthe immune system responds fully to economic_attackE33held
E33-IMMUNE-organizational_attackthe immune system responds fully to organizational_attackE33held
E33-IMMUNE-recursive_self_improvement_attackthe immune system responds fully to recursive_self_improvement_attackE33held
E33-IMMUNESTEP-DETECTimmune response step DETECT runs in orderE33held
E33-IMMUNESTEP-CLASSIFYimmune response step CLASSIFY runs in orderE33held
E33-IMMUNESTEP-CONTAINimmune response step CONTAIN runs in orderE33held
E33-IMMUNESTEP-REVOKEimmune response step REVOKE runs in orderE33held
E33-IMMUNESTEP-QUARANTINEimmune response step QUARANTINE runs in orderE33held
E33-IMMUNESTEP-PRESERVE_EVIDENCEimmune response step PRESERVE_EVIDENCE runs in orderE33held
E33-IMMUNESTEP-RECOVERimmune response step RECOVER runs in orderE33held
E33-IMMUNESTEP-LEARNimmune response step LEARN runs in orderE33held
E33-IMMUNESTEP-GENERATE_TESTimmune response step GENERATE_TEST runs in orderE33held
E33-IMMUNESTEP-HARDENimmune response step HARDEN runs in orderE33held
E33-IMMUNESTEP-VERIFYimmune response step VERIFY runs in orderE33held
E33-INCIDENT-FREEZE_AUTHORITYincident command performs FREEZE_AUTHORITYE33held
E33-INCIDENT-PRESERVE_EVIDENCEincident command performs PRESERVE_EVIDENCEE33held
E33-INCIDENT-ISOLATE_AGENTSincident command performs ISOLATE_AGENTSE33held
E33-INCIDENT-REVOKE_CREDENTIALSincident command performs REVOKE_CREDENTIALSE33held
E33-INCIDENT-BLOCK_CHANNELSincident command performs BLOCK_CHANNELSE33held
E33-INCIDENT-FREEZE_TRANSACTIONSincident command performs FREEZE_TRANSACTIONSE33held
E33-INCIDENT-SNAPSHOT_STATEincident command performs SNAPSHOT_STATEE33held
E33-INCIDENT-BLAST_RADIUSincident command performs BLAST_RADIUSE33held
E33-INCIDENT-DEPENDENCIESincident command performs DEPENDENCIESE33held
E33-INCIDENT-RECOVERincident command performs RECOVERE33held
E33-INCIDENT-REPLAYincident command performs REPLAYE33held
E33-INCIDENT-GENERATE_TESTSincident command performs GENERATE_TESTSE33held
E33-CAUSAL-ROOT_CAUSEa missing causal link is visibleE33held
E33-CAUSAL-EXPLOITa missing causal link is visibleE33held
E33-CAUSAL-AGENT_BEHAVIORa missing causal link is visibleE33held
E33-CAUSAL-AUTHORIZATIONa missing causal link is visibleE33held
E33-CAUSAL-EXECUTIONa missing causal link is visibleE33held
E33-CAUSAL-EFFECTa missing causal link is visibleE33held
E33-CAUSAL-DOWNSTREAM_EFFECTa missing causal link is visibleE33held
E33-CHAOS-node_failurechaos node_failure never expands authorityE33held
E33-CHAOS-network_partitionchaos network_partition never expands authorityE33held
E33-CHAOS-clock_skewchaos clock_skew never expands authorityE33held
E33-CHAOS-stale_statechaos stale_state never expands authorityE33held
E33-CHAOS-corrupted_evidencechaos corrupted_evidence never expands authorityE33held
E33-CHAOS-malicious_agentchaos malicious_agent never expands authorityE33held
E33-CHAOS-revoked_credentialschaos revoked_credentials never expands authorityE33held
E33-CHAOS-model_swapchaos model_swap never expands authorityE33held
E33-CHAOS-runtime_swapchaos runtime_swap never expands authorityE33held
E33-CHAOS-policy_conflictchaos policy_conflict never expands authorityE33held
E33-CHAOS-compromised_toolchaos compromised_tool never expands authorityE33held
E33-CHAOS-unavailable_verifierchaos unavailable_verifier never expands authorityE33held
E33-CHAOS-economic_shockchaos economic_shock never expands authorityE33held
E33-CHAOS-communication_failurechaos communication_failure never expands authorityE33held
E33-MOAT-incident_intelligenceincident_intelligence is not claimed as an established market moatE33held
E33-R2I-ADVERSARIAL_TESTADVERSARIAL_TEST cannot be skipped toE33held
E34-IMMUNESIG-proof_forgerythe immune system detects proof_forgeryE34held
E34-IMMUNESIG-proof_chain_discontinuitythe immune system detects proof_chain_discontinuityE34held
E34-IMMUNESIG-authority_launderingthe immune system detects authority_launderingE34held
E34-IMMUNESIG-capability_launderingthe immune system detects capability_launderingE34held
E34-IMMUNESIG-identity_cloningthe immune system detects identity_cloningE34held
E34-IMMUNESIG-delegation_amplificationthe immune system detects delegation_amplificationE34held
E34-IMMUNESIG-governance_bypassthe immune system detects governance_bypassE34held
E34-IMMUNESIG-collective_compromisethe immune system detects collective_compromiseE34held
E34-IMMUNESIG-transaction_fraudthe immune system detects transaction_fraudE34held
E34-IMMUNESIG-economic_manipulationthe immune system detects economic_manipulationE34held
E34-IMMUNESIG-model_substitutionthe immune system detects model_substitutionE34held
E34-IMMUNESIG-runtime_substitutionthe immune system detects runtime_substitutionE34held
E34-IMMUNESIG-policy_poisoningthe immune system detects policy_poisoningE34held
E34-IMMUNESIG-memory_poisoningthe immune system detects memory_poisoningE34held
E34-IMMUNESIG-verifier_compromisethe immune system detects verifier_compromiseE34held
E34-IMMUNESIG-repeated_denial_patternthe immune system detects repeated_denial_patternE34held
E34-IMMUNESIG-certificate_forgerythe immune system detects certificate_forgeryE34held
E34-IMMUNESIG-conformance_gamingthe immune system detects conformance_gamingE34held
E34-IMMUNESTEP-DETECTimmune step DETECT is part of the responseE34held
E34-IMMUNESTEP-CLASSIFYimmune step CLASSIFY is part of the responseE34held
E34-IMMUNESTEP-CONTAINimmune step CONTAIN is part of the responseE34held
E34-IMMUNESTEP-REVOKEimmune step REVOKE is part of the responseE34held
E34-IMMUNESTEP-QUARANTINEimmune step QUARANTINE is part of the responseE34held
E34-IMMUNESTEP-PRESERVE_EVIDENCEimmune step PRESERVE_EVIDENCE is part of the responseE34held
E34-IMMUNESTEP-RECOVERimmune step RECOVER is part of the responseE34held
E34-IMMUNESTEP-LEARNimmune step LEARN is part of the responseE34held
E34-IMMUNESTEP-GENERATE_TESTimmune step GENERATE_TEST is part of the responseE34held
E34-IMMUNESTEP-HARDENimmune step HARDEN is part of the responseE34held
E34-IMMUNESTEP-VERIFYimmune step VERIFY is part of the responseE34held
E34-MOAT-incident_graphmoat incident_graph is technical only, not a market moatE34held
E34-MOAT-adversarial_corpusmoat adversarial_corpus is technical only, not a market moatE34held
E35-FABRIC-incident_learnerthe intelligence fabric exposes incident_learnerE35held
E35-FABRIC-adversarial_learnerthe intelligence fabric exposes adversarial_learnerE35held
E35-QUERY-credential_compromiseenvironment query credential_compromise existsE35held
E35-QUERY-hostile_trust_domainenvironment query hostile_trust_domain existsE35held
E35-DECISION-REDUCE_SCOPEplan-check-act decision REDUCE_SCOPE is first-classE35held
E35-ADVSRC-historical_failureadversarial source historical_failure existsE35held
E35-ADVSRC-novel_researchadversarial source novel_research existsE35held
E35-ADVSRC-public_vulnerabilityadversarial source public_vulnerability existsE35held
E35-ADVSRC-internal_incidentadversarial source internal_incident existsE35held
E35-ADVSRC-proof_failureadversarial source proof_failure existsE35held
E35-ADVSRC-policy_conflictadversarial source policy_conflict existsE35held
E35-ADVSRC-new_protocoladversarial source new_protocol existsE35held
E35-ADVSRC-new_agent_frameworkadversarial source new_agent_framework existsE35held
E35-ADVSRC-new_model_behaviouradversarial source new_model_behaviour existsE35held
E35-ADVSRC-new_computer_useadversarial source new_computer_use existsE35held
E35-ADVSRC-new_economic_mechanismadversarial source new_economic_mechanism existsE35held
E35-RTMAY-inspect_architecturethe red team may inspect_architectureE35held
E35-RTMAY-generate_attack_hypothesesthe red team may generate_attack_hypothesesE35held
E35-RTMAY-construct_simulated_attacksthe red team may construct_simulated_attacksE35held
E35-RTMAY-test_sandboxthe red team may test_sandboxE35held
E35-RTMAY-search_bypassesthe red team may search_bypassesE35held
E35-RTMAY-mutate_policythe red team may mutate_policyE35held
E35-RTMAY-mutate_identitythe red team may mutate_identityE35held
E35-RTMAY-mutate_delegationthe red team may mutate_delegationE35held
E35-RTMAY-mutate_capabilitythe red team may mutate_capabilityE35held
E35-RTMAY-mutate_environmentthe red team may mutate_environmentE35held
E35-RTNOT-receive_unrestricted_production_authoritythe red team may not receive_unrestricted_production_authorityE35held
E35-RTNOT-expand_its_own_authoritythe red team may not expand_its_own_authorityE35held
E35-RTNOT-disable_governancethe red team may not disable_governanceE35held
E35-BT-fixblue-team proposal fix existsE35held
E35-BT-policyblue-team proposal policy existsE35held
E35-BT-testblue-team proposal test existsE35held
E35-BT-enforcement_controlblue-team proposal enforcement_control existsE35held
E35-BT-architecture_changeblue-team proposal architecture_change existsE35held

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