Why it matters

Attack trees enumerate paths. Understanding shapes red-teaming.

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The architecture

Root goal (e.g., 'data exfil').

Sub-goals (paths).

Leaves: specific attacks.

Attack tree structureRoot goalattacker objectiveSub-goalsattack pathsConcrete attacksleavesSchneier's attack trees + LLM-specific attack techniques from ATLAS + OWASP
Attack trees.
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How it works end to end

AND / OR nodes.

Cost + probability annotations.

Prioritize by feasibility.