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Threat Modeling Best Practices

Threat Modeling Best Practices

By : Derek Fisher
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Threat Modeling Best Practices

Threat Modeling Best Practices

By: Derek Fisher

Overview of this book

Threat modeling has become a cornerstone of modern cybersecurity, yet it is often overlooked, leaving security gaps that attackers can exploit. With the rise in system complexity, cloud adoption, AI-driven threats, and stricter compliance requirements, security teams need a structured approach to proactively spot and stop risks before attackers do. This book delivers exactly that, offering actionable insights for applying industry best practices and emerging technologies to secure systems. It breaks down the fundamentals of threat modeling and walks you through key frameworks and tools such as STRIDE, MITRE ATT&CK, PyTM, and Attack Paths, helping you choose the right model and create a roadmap tailored to your business. You'll learn how to use leading threat modeling tools, identify and prioritize potential threats, and integrate these practices into the software development life cycle to detect risks early. The book also examines how AI can enhance analysis and streamline security decision-making for faster, stronger defenses. By the end, you'll have everything you need to build systems that anticipate and withstand evolving threats, keeping your organization secure in an ever-changing digital landscape.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Threat Modeling Today’s Systems
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Applying Threat Modeling
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Advanced Topics and Industry Practices
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Other Books You May Enjoy
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Index

Evaluating risks

It’s one thing to know what can go wrong, but it’s entirely another to assess how likely it is to happen and what impact it will have on the organization. This is where risk evaluation ties into the output from a threat modeling exercise. Once a threat has been identified in the threat model, it needs to be evaluated for the risk it poses to the organization, allowing us to prioritize what really matters. Several frameworks or processes exist, including simply looking at historical or empirical data of risks that have materialized in the organization or similar ones. However, here are a few other high-level risk evaluation methods to be familiar with.

Qualitative risk assessment

A qualitative risk assessment is a structured approach to evaluating risks. It helps organizations assess the severity of threats by combining the likelihood of a threat materializing with the potential impact of an attack, often called the “basic method.”...

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