Threat modeling : designing for security / Adam Shostack

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Getting started -- 1. Dive in and threat model! -- 2. Strategies for threat modeling -- Part 2. Finding threats -- 3. Stride -- 4. Attack trees -- 5. Attack libraries -- 6. Privacy tools -- Part 3. Managing and addressing threats -- 7. Processing and managing threats -- 8. Defensive tactics and technologies -- 9. Trade-offs when addressing threats -- 10.Validating that threats are addressed -- 11.Threat modeling tools -- Part 4. Threat modeling in technologies and tricky areas -- 12. Requirements cookbook -- 13. Web and cloud threats -- 14. Accounts and identity -- 15. Human factors and usability -- 16. Threats to cryptosystems -- Part 5. Taking it to the next level -- 17. Bringing threat modeling to your organization -- 18. Experimental approaches -- 19. Architecting for success.

Adam Shostack is responsible for security development lifecycle threat modeling at Microsoft and is one of a handful of threat modeling experts in the world. Now, he is sharing his considerable expertise into this unique book. With pages of specific actionable advice, he details how to build better security into the design of systems, software, or services from the outset. You'll explore various threat modeling approaches, find out how to test your designs against threats, and learn effective ways to address threats that have been validated at Microsoft and other top companies. Systems security managers, you'll find tools and a framework for structured thinking about what can go wrong. Software developers, you'll appreciate the jargon-free and accessible introduction to this essential skill. Security professionals, you'll learn to discern changing threats and discover the easiest ways to adopt a structured approach to threat modeling.