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Learning Threat Modeling for Security Professionals

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Threat modeling helps security professionals understand what can go wrong—and what to do about it. Learn to use the four-question and STRIDE frameworks for threat modeling.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Develop secure products
  • Why would you threat model?
  • A simple approach to threat modeling
1. The Four Question Framework
  • What are we working on?
  • What can go wrong?
  • What are we going to do about it?
  • Did we do a good job?
2. STRIDE
  • Spoofing a specific server
  • Tampering with a file
  • Interlude: Scope and timing
  • Repudiating an order
  • Information disclosure
  • Denial of service
  • Elevation of privilege
  • Expansion of authority
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Adam Shostack

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