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Periodic Table of Cybersecurity

The Periodic Table of Cybersecurity is the visual entry point into the Cybersecurity Ontology.

It organizes cybersecurity concepts into stable classes and clickable elements. Each element can become a structured knowledge page with relationships to assets, threats, weaknesses, safeguards, assurance evidence, leadership decisions, and framework mappings.

Assets Threats Weaknesses Safeguards Assurance Leadership
01IdIdentityAsset 02DaDataAsset 03ApApplicationAsset 04ClCloudAsset 05EpEndpointAsset 06VeVendorAsset 07AiAI ModelAsset 08RaRisk AppetiteLeadership 09PhPhishingThreat 10RwRansomwareThreat 11InInsider MisuseThreat 12ScSupply ChainThreat 13XpExcess PrivilegeWeakness 14McMisconfigurationWeakness 15UpUnpatched SystemWeakness 16OwOwnershipLeadership 17MfMFASafeguard 18EnEncryptionSafeguard 19LgLoggingSafeguard 20BkBackupSafeguard 21EvEvidenceAssurance 22CtControl TestAssurance 23AuAuditAssurance 24BrBoard ReportingLeadership

Example chain

Identity -> Phishing -> Excess Privilege -> MFA -> Sign-in Evidence -> Board Reporting

The table is intentionally small in this prototype. The long-term goal is to make every square a structured knowledge object with framework crosswalks and relationship metadata.