Securing threat modeling
Threat modeling is a structured way to identify, assess, and prioritize potential threats to your application. By understanding the potential threats, you can design and implement appropriate countermeasures to prevent, detect, or mitigate the impact of these threats. Threat modeling is often used in software development but can also be applied to other areas, such as infrastructure and operations.
The following are the components of threat modeling:
- System representation: Before analyzing threats, you need a clear understanding of the system. This often involves creating diagrams or models of the system’s architecture, components, data flows, and potential entry points. For a simple online e-commerce website, you might have a front-end for users, a back-end server handling requests, a database storing user credentials, and an external payment gateway for transactions. Before launching a new feature that allows users to save multiple...
