Threat Modeling and Constitutional Law

Explore how constitutional law fails at threat modeling in this keynote conference talk from Black Hat USA 2025. Examine the legal system's fundamental flaws in identifying and responding to threats, including misplaced trust in insiders, overreactions to external threats, and institutional rigidity when facing changing circumstances. Learn from Jennifer Granick, Surveillance and Cybersecurity Counsel at the ACLU, as she analyzes longstanding constitutional law doctrines and their threat modeling mistakes that civil libertarians have warned about for years. Understand how these systemic issues create particular challenges for Congress, the Courts, and the public in navigating the evolving legal and political landscape under the Trump Administration. Gain insights into the intersection of cybersecurity threat modeling principles and constitutional law, and discover how legal frameworks struggle to adapt to modern security challenges and political shifts.