MITRE ATLAS · Peer Benchmarking · Free Tool · Q2 2026

MITRE Coverage Benchmark™: How Does Your AI Security Compare to Industry Peers? (2026)

A coverage score without context is noise. Knowing you score 68% MITRE ATLAS coverage is useful. Knowing that puts you in the top 22% of your industry — with a clear roadmap to the top 10% — is actionable intelligence. The MITRE Coverage Benchmark™ provides both.

MITRE Coverage Benchmark™ — Get Your Industry Percentile

Enter your coverage score, industry, and company size. Get your peer percentile, leaderboard position, predictive milestones, and a 12-month improvement roadmap. Free, no signup.

The Benchmarking Problem in AI Security

Traditional cybersecurity has decades of benchmarking data. Organisations can compare patch management maturity, SOC performance, mean time to detect, incident response capability, and security spending against thousands of peer data points. AI security has almost none of this. The field is two to three years old as a formal discipline. Most organisations are making investment decisions in a vacuum.

A 68% MITRE ATLAS coverage score could mean you're a leader in your sector or a laggard — without peer comparison, there's no way to know. This ambiguity creates three specific problems: budget justification becomes harder ("are we spending enough on AI security?"), board communication becomes harder ("are we at more or less risk than our peers?"), and prioritisation becomes harder ("which gaps actually matter relative to where the market is?"). Benchmarking solves all three.

Industry Benchmark Data — Q2 2026

Technology & SaaS

72%
Industry avg
Security testingDevSecOps
Agent supply chainMCP security

Financial Services

64%
Industry avg
GovernanceIAM controls
Agent securityRuntime monitoring

Healthcare

51%
Industry avg
Compliance processesAccess control
Prompt injection testingRAG access

️ Legal & Professional

44%
Industry avg
Data classification
AI testingAgent governanceRuntime

Retail & E-commerce

46%
Industry avg
Fraud detection
RAG securityAgent governance

️ Government

58%
Industry avg
Security frameworksFedRAMP controls
AI-specific testingAgent security

Coverage by Company Size

Company SizeAvg CoverageTop QuartilePrimary ChallengesPrimary Strengths
Startup (<50)38%54%No dedicated security team, rapid AI adoptionAgility, modern stack
SMB (50–500)51%66%Governance scaling, budget constraintsFocused deployments
Mid-market (500–5k)56%71%Operational maturity, multi-department AIGrowing security teams
Enterprise (5k–50k)71%82%Complex AI architectures, vendor sprawlDedicated AI security, budget
Global Enterprise (50k+)79%89%Supply chain governance, regulatory complexitySpecialist teams, mature programmes

What the Benchmark Tool Provides

Percentile Rank

Your position relative to peer organisations in your industry, company size, and AI maturity tier

Anonymous Leaderboard

See where you rank against other organisations in your peer group — all identities anonymised

Predictive Milestones

12-month roadmap showing which controls to implement and when to reach each percentile target

Private Rooms

Create a private benchmark room for your team — compare scores within your organisation anonymously

Shareable Score Card

Export a 1200×630 score card for executive presentations, board decks, and social sharing

Executive Summary

Board-ready narrative explaining your coverage position, key gaps, and improvement trajectory

Why Percentile Beats Raw Score for Executive Reporting

A CISO presenting a 68% MITRE ATLAS coverage score to a board faces an immediate question: "Is that good?" Without benchmarking context, the answer requires extensive explanation. With benchmarking: "We're in the top 22% of financial services companies for AI security coverage, and on track to reach the top 10% within 12 months with three specific control investments" — that's a board-ready statement.

Percentile ranking also makes budget conversations easier. "We need to invest in agent security to move from the 78th to the 90th percentile" is a more compelling budget request than "we need to improve our MITRE ATLAS coverage by 6 percentage points" — same objective, dramatically different framing for non-technical stakeholders.

Don't Have a Coverage Score Yet?

Run the MITRE ATLAS Coverage Calculator first to get your score, then bring it to the Benchmark to see where you stand.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average MITRE ATLAS coverage score?
The overall cross-industry average sits around 56%, meaning most organisations are uncovered against approximately 44% of real-world MITRE ATLAS attack techniques. Technology companies are highest (72% average), legal and retail are lowest (44-46%). The top quartile across all industries typically scores 72-78%.
Is the benchmark data anonymous?
Yes — all benchmark data is fully anonymised. Individual organisations are never identified. The leaderboard shows anonymous peer entries. The platform aggregates data to produce industry and company-size benchmarks without disclosing any organisation-specific information.
What does the Private Room feature do?
Private Rooms let teams within an organisation share benchmark results anonymously. A CISO can create a private room, share the code with team members, and see how different departments or business units score — without any individual's result being attributable to them. Useful for internal benchmarking across a distributed security organisation.
How often should I benchmark?
Quarterly — align with your regular security review cadence. AI security posture changes as you deploy new systems, adopt new vendors, or expand agent capabilities. Quarterly benchmarking shows trend direction: are you improving faster or slower than peer organisations? This trend data is often more valuable to boards than point-in-time scores.

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