---
type: "term"
title: "Strategic Management Layer"
description: "The stable top level layer of TLCTC containing the 10 clusters and their generic vulnerabilities."
resource: "tlctc:term:strategic-management-layer"
tags:
  - "glossary"
---
# Strategic Management Layer

The stable top-level layer of TLCTC containing the 10 clusters and their generic vulnerabilities. Used for governance, control mapping, and comparable incident documentation. Focuses on risk management, policy-making, and program governance, including threat cluster categorization, generic vulnerability identification, risk appetite and tolerance definition, security program management, compliance and governance, and resource allocation. Corresponds to cluster identifiers `#1`–`#10` or `TLCTC-XX.00`. Uses strategic notation (#X) for executive communication.

**Reference:** Axiom VIII (§2), §4.2.1
