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However, MITRE’s Clancy said he is in close contact with the three vendors and believes he knows the reasons that made them pull out of this year’s test.

First, as the vendors said in their statements, taking part in MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations program requires a resource-intensive commitment, suggesting that the time and personnel dedicated to it are lost on other projects.

Then, Clancy said that the team behind the test strives to make it harder every year and conceded they may have pushed it too far this year.

“Each year, we want to design a test that’s harder than the year before in order to drive the whole industry forward, since the test can offer an opportunity for vendors to upgrade their products in preparation for the test and once they get the results. And sometimes, we don’t get the balance quite right,” he explained.