Preparation
Account Creation
AI-Assisted Capability Development
Archive Data
Authorization Token Staging
Boot Order Manipulation
CCTV Enumeration
Circumventing Security Controls
Credential Collection
Data Obfuscation
Data Staging
Delegated Preparation via Artificial Intelligence Agents
Device Mounting
Email Collection
External Media Formatting
File Download
File Exploration
Hardware-Based Remote Access (IP-KVM)
Impersonation
Increase Privileges
IT Ticketing System Exploration
Joiner
Media Capture via External Device
Mover
Network Scanning
Observational Information Gathering
On-Screen Data Collection
Oversight Circumvention and Control Degradation
Persistent Access via Bots
Physical Disk Removal
Physical Exploration
Physical Item Smuggling
Private / Incognito Browsing
Read Windows Registry
Remote Desktop (RDP)
Security Software Enumeration
Social Engineering (Outbound)
Software Installation
- Installation of Dark Web-Capable Browsers
- Installing Browser Extensions
- Installing Browsers
- Installing Cloud Storage Applications
- Installing FTP Clients
- Installing Messenger Applications
- Installing Note-Taking Applications
- Installing RDP Clients
- Installing Screen Sharing Software
- Installing SSH Clients
- Installing Virtual Machines
- Installing VPN Applications
Software or Access Request
Suspicious Web Browsing
Testing Ability to Print
Testing Security Controls
VPN Usage
- ID: PR042.003
- Created: 06th July 2026
- Updated: 06th July 2026
- Platforms: Google Cloud Platform (GCP)Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- MITRE ATT&CK®: T1136.003T1136
- Contributor: The ITM Team
Cloud User Account Creation
A subject creates a user account within a cloud identity provider, cloud tenant, or cloud infrastructure environment. Cloud accounts may provide access to cloud services, management consoles, storage resources, workloads, applications, identity permissions, and administrative functions.
Cloud user accounts may be created through cloud portals, identity provider administration consoles, application programming interfaces, command-line tools, infrastructure-as-code workflows, or automated provisioning processes. The account’s access may be shaped by assigned roles, groups, licenses, conditional access scope, application permissions, and tenant-level privileges.
Preventions (3)
Detections (4)
MITRE ATT&CK® Mapping (2)
ATT&CK Enterprise Matrix Version 19.1