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Threat Modeling

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2 Hours
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Threat Modeling aims to improve security through the practice of identifying threats, attacks vulnerabilities for the purpose of defining countermeasures to prevent or mitigate loss, damage or destruction of an application, system or data.

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What You'll Learn
  • The fundamentals concepts of threat modeling and its purpose
  • How to apply threat, attack and risk classification systems
  • How to create data flow diagrams
  • How to an improved threat modeling process
  • How to create a threat model with the Microsoft Threat Modeling Methodology
  • How to create a threat model with the OCTAVE Methodology
  • How to create a threat model with the PASTA Methodology
  • Diagram threat models with the Microsoft Threat Modeling Tool
Prerequisites
  • Knowledge of application development
  • Knowledge of enterprise systems architecture, including platforms, networks, applications, databases and operating systems
  • Knowledge of fundamental information security concepts
Related topics
  • Software Development Lifecycle
  • Security Assessments/Testing
  • Source Code Analysis
  • Secure Coding
  • OWASP Top 10
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