A0001: Workstation

Workstations are devices used by human operators or engineers to perform various configuration, programming, maintenance, diagnostic, or operational tasks. Workstations typically utilize standard desktop or laptop hardware and operating systems (e.g., MS Windows), but run dedicated control system applications or diagnostic/management software to support interfacing with the control servers or field devices. Some workstations have a fixed location within the network architecture, while others are transient devices that are directly connected to various field devices to support local management activities.

ICSA0001ICS AssetObject v2.1ModifiedMay 12, 2026, 15:12 UTC (UTC+00:00)

A0001: Workstation describes Workstations are devices used by human operators or engineers to perform various configuration, programming, maintenance, diagnostic, or operational tasks. Workstations typically utilize standard desktop or laptop hardware and operating systems (e.g., MS Windows), but run dedicated control system applications or diagnostic/management software to support interfacing with the control servers or field devices. Some workstations have a fixed location within the network architecture, while others are transient devices t...

Executive priority

A0001: Workstation is an official MITRE ATT&CK ICS asset. Glexia treats it as defensive behavior context for prioritizing monitoring, control validation, and response planning without using the object by itself as an attribution claim.

Technical view

Security teams should validate A0001: Workstation by reviewing the official ATT&CK relationships, mapped tactics (the mapped ATT&CK tactic context), supported platforms (Linux, Windows), and available local telemetry before making detection or mitigation decisions.

Likely telemetry

Official ATT&CK relationships and object metadata
Network, endpoint, and security-tool telemetry

Detection direction

Validate whether A0001: Workstation appears in your detection coverage and tabletop scenarios.
Use the object to align executive risk language with SOC, incident response, and detection engineering work.
Do not treat ATT&CK relationship context as attribution without corroborating evidence.

Mitigation priorities

Map the object to existing controls and identify missing telemetry or response ownership.
Prioritize mitigations that reduce exposure on the listed platforms and tactics.
Review adjacent ATT&CK relationships before changing policy, detections, or reporting language.

Additional notes and limits

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This baseline take is source-grounded and schema-validated, but it does not include environment-specific telemetry, incident evidence, or threat-intelligence corroboration.

Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.

Official MITRE ATT&CK definition

Workstation

View the same entry on attack.mitre.org (MITRE-hosted reference; in-page links above use the Glexia ATT&CK library.)

Glexia analysis

How security teams should use this page

Treat this object as behavior context, not an attribution claim. Validate the related groups, software, data sources, and mitigations against official ATT&CK relationships and your own telemetry before making control-coverage decisions.

ATT&CK relationship table

Techniques used

This mirrors the MITRE pattern of making group, software, campaign, and technique relationships scannable. Relationship notes come from mirrored ATT&CK relationship text when available.

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Domain	ID	Name	Relationship / procedure
ICS	T0881	Service Stop	Service Stop targets this object.
ICS	T0887	Wireless Sniffing	Wireless Sniffing targets this object.
ICS	T0894	System Binary Proxy Execution	System Binary Proxy Execution targets this object.
ICS	T0807	Command-Line Interface	Command-Line Interface targets this object.
ICS	T0816	Device Restart/Shutdown	Device Restart/Shutdown targets this object.
ICS	T0863	User Execution	User Execution targets this object.
ICS	T0860	Wireless Compromise	Wireless Compromise targets this object.
ICS	T0853	Scripting	Scripting targets this object.
ICS	T0888	Remote System Information Discovery	Remote System Information Discovery targets this object.
ICS	T0819	Exploit Public-Facing Application	Exploit Public-Facing Application targets this object.
ICS	T0864	Transient Cyber Asset	Transient Cyber Asset targets this object.
ICS	T0873.001	Siemens Project File FormatSub-technique	Siemens Project File Format targets this object.
ICS	T0842	Network Sniffing	Network Sniffing targets this object.
ICS	T0851	Rootkit	Rootkit targets this object.
ICS	T1694	Insecure Credentials	Insecure Credentials targets this object.
ICS	T0809	Data Destruction	Data Destruction targets this object.
ICS	T0872	Indicator Removal on Host	Indicator Removal on Host targets this object.
ICS	T1695.001	Serial COMSub-technique	Serial COM targets this object.
ICS	T1694.001	Default CredentialsSub-technique	Default Credentials targets this object.
ICS	T0871	Execution through API	Execution through API targets this object.
ICS	T0846.001	Port ScanSub-technique	Port Scan targets this object.
ICS	T0862	Supply Chain Compromise	Supply Chain Compromise targets this object.
ICS	T1695.002	EthernetSub-technique	Ethernet targets this object.
ICS	T0865	Spearphishing Attachment	Spearphishing Attachment targets this object.
ICS	T0846.003	Multicast DiscoverySub-technique	Multicast Discovery targets this object.
ICS	T1695.003	Wi-FiSub-technique	Wi-Fi targets this object.
ICS	T0895	Autorun Image	Autorun Image targets this object.
ICS	T0817	Drive-by Compromise	Drive-by Compromise targets this object.
ICS	T0866	Exploitation of Remote Services	Exploitation of Remote Services targets this object.
ICS	T0830	Adversary-in-the-Middle	Adversary-in-the-Middle targets this object.
ICS	T0820	Exploitation for Evasion	Exploitation for Evasion targets this object.
ICS	T0874	Hooking	Hooking targets this object.
ICS	T0823	Graphical User Interface	Graphical User Interface targets this object.
ICS	T0834	Native API	Native API targets this object.
ICS	T0849	Masquerading	Masquerading targets this object.
ICS	T0847	Replication Through Removable Media	Replication Through Removable Media targets this object.
ICS	T0846.002	Broadcast DiscoverySub-technique	Broadcast Discovery targets this object.
ICS	T0852	Screen Capture	Screen Capture targets this object.
ICS	T0859	Valid Accounts	Valid Accounts targets this object.
ICS	T0890	Exploitation for Privilege Escalation	Exploitation for Privilege Escalation targets this object.
ICS	T0846	Remote System Discovery	Remote System Discovery targets this object.
ICS	T0884	Connection Proxy	Connection Proxy targets this object.
ICS	T0869	Standard Application Layer Protocol	Standard Application Layer Protocol targets this object.
ICS	T0885	Commonly Used Port	Commonly Used Port targets this object.
ICS	T0873	Project File Infection	Project File Infection targets this object.
ICS	T0840	Network Connection Enumeration	Network Connection Enumeration targets this object.
ICS	T0867	Lateral Tool Transfer	Lateral Tool Transfer targets this object.
ICS	T0883	Internet Accessible Device	Internet Accessible Device targets this object.
ICS	T0892	Change Credential	Change Credential targets this object.
ICS	T1695	Block Communications	Block Communications targets this object.
ICS	T0893	Data from Local System	Data from Local System targets this object.

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Change history

Object version and sync metadata

The fields below describe the current mirrored snapshot. When Glexia retains multiple ATT&CK source imports, you can open the table to compare the same object across releases (hashes and MITRE timestamps). For MITRE’s own release notes and roadmap, see ATT&CK resources — Updates.

ATT&CK release: 19.2
Object version: 2.1
Created: Sep 28, 2023, 14:22 UTC (UTC+00:00)
Modified: May 12, 2026, 15:12 UTC (UTC+00:00)
Raw hash: 2a253f0ca3cc7880...

Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(2)

Release	Bundle imported	Object version	Modified	Status	Raw hash
19.2	Aug 6, 2026, 02:58 UTC (UTC+00:00)	2.1	May 12, 2026, 15:12 UTC (UTC+00:00)	Current bundle	`2a253f0ca3cc…`
19.1	Jul 14, 2026, 09:14 UTC (UTC+00:00)	2.1	May 12, 2026, 15:12 UTC (UTC+00:00)	Older bundle	`2a253f0ca3cc…`

Raw source

Mirrored ATT&CK source object

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Source references

External references and citations

MITRE external references are preserved separately from Glexia analysis so citations remain traceable to their original source records.

[1]
North American Electric Reliability Corporation June 2021
North American Electric Reliability Corporation 2021, June 28 Glossary of Terms Used in NERC Reliability Standards Retrieved. 2021/10/11
Open source URL
[2]
mitre-attackA0001
Open source URL

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