Level 1 – Foundational
Basic rule-based protection that blocks known malicious patterns in limited contexts. Reduces obvious attack attempts but leaves large execution surfaces exposed.

Level 2 –Coverage
Protection extends across more inputs, formats, and entities. A wider range of attack vectors is mitigated, reducing attacker options but still relying on static logic.

Level 3 – Context-Aware
Protection decisions consider conditions and relationships (“if this, then that”). This limits attacker adaptability and reduces success of evasive techniques.

Level 4 – Adaptive
Protection dynamically responds to behavior and changing attack patterns. Mitigation adapts automatically, significantly constraining attacker execution paths.

Level 5 – Exploratory
Advanced mechanisms designed to detect unknown, emerging, or experimental attack