Designing secure software offers a wide range of benefits, from lowering the number of human hours spent fixing security vulnerabilities in production to limiting financial losses and regulatory penalties, thus gaining a competitive advantage and increasing customer loyalty.
Threat modeling is a crucial component of the “Secure by Design” guiding principles. This Refcard will provide the key fundamentals of threat modeling, core practices for secure implementation, and key elements of conducting successful threat model reviews. Exploring the significance of modern tools for automating and streamlining threat modeling processes, we will look at improving the accuracy of findings and facilitating integration and collaboration among software and security teams throughout the software development lifecycle.