Threat Modeling and Security by Design

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Methods

Learn about the various threat modeling methods such as STRIDE, PASTA, LINDDUN, and Persona non Grata.

Tooling

We have a full list of threat modeling tools that can help to perform threat modeling. Including our own threat modeling tool.

Templates

Templates can help to kickstart the process. We have lots of free templates available.

Examples

We believe that you learn best from practical and real-world examples. We have lots of example cases and threat models available.

Threat Modeling Framework

The Threat Modeling Framework describes activities & components needed to perform threat modeling in a structured and systematic manner, from external factors influencing a threat model to the core threats and security requirements. It is an answer to problems with threat modeling: threat modeling is overly complex with too much jargon. Image 1: Threat Modeling Framework overview. Overview of the Threat Modeling Framework The following paragraphs explains the overview…

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Why Threat Modeling is Overly Complex and How We Can Simplify It

Threat modeling can often feel complex and confusing for security professionals who are new to it. Further, it can feel extra complex to developers, management, and other important stakeholders with limited security experience. So what are the factors that make threat modeling seem complex: It’s a broad term that can include many different solutions and practices. There’s no single or one way of performing…

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Threat Modeling the Okta Attack

Okta’s customer support system was attacked, allowing the attackers to access Okta customer systems. This was possible because the Okta customer support system contained HAR files and these include customer session data. The customer session data allowed for session hijack attacks. HAR files (short for HTTP Archive) are archives of web browser sessions, including cookies and session tokens. The attacker was able to gain…

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Threat Modeling the 23andMe Data Breach

23andMe was attacked, or specifically, its users were, which resulted in a major data breach affecting many of its users (potentially up to 4 million users). The data breached relates to DNA testing results and additional ancestry analysis, which relate to the ‘DNA Relatives’ feature at 23andMe. The attacker posted some of the breached data on a public forum. Sources: 23andMe notification Reuters EFF…

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DREAD Threat Modeling

What is DREAD Threat Modeling DREAD threat modeling is a quantitive assessment regarding the severity of a threat, with a scaled rating assigned to risk. DREAD has five categories, consisting of Damage, Reproducibility, Exploitability, Affected Users, and Discoverability. Damage: The total damage (or impact) that a threat can cause. Reproducibility: The ease at which an attack can occur (or be replicated). Exploitability: How likely…

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LINDDUN Threat Modeling

What is LINDDUN Threat Modeling LINDDUN is a threat modeling method focused on privacy. It was developed by privacy experts at KU Leuven (a university in Leuven, Belgium). LINDDUN threat modeling identifies privacy threats and countermeasures and is able to do so early in the development process (much like other threat modeling methods). LINDDUN gets its name from Linking, Identifying, Non-repudiation, Detecting, Data Disclosure,…

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