ferejm.blogg.se - Microsoft threat modeling tool examples

Knowledge sharing between the teams helps everyone grow in their knowledge of the systems in the environment. The simple act of sitting down and discussing the system holistically provides a great opportunity for everyone to discuss the underlying system.

Developing mitigation strategies to be implemented for each point of compromise.

Evaluating the surface area and developing the most likely points of compromise.

Ensuring everyone understands how the system works.

The creation of a threat model is a collaborative security exercise where we evaluate and validate the design and task planning for a new or existing service. This exercise involves structured thinking about potential security vulnerabilities that could adversely affect a service.Įvery threat modeling conversation should have at least the following goals: Here at GitHub, threat modeling has helped us improve communication between our security and engineering teams, has made the security review process more proactive, and has led to more reliable and more secure system designs. Threat modeling involves bringing security and engineering teams together to discuss systems and generate action items that improve the security of the system. One of the most effective tools for DevOps teams looking to increase the security of their applications is threat modeling. To see the original article in its entirety, click HERE. This article was originally written by Robert Reichel for the GitHub blog.