Threat Modeling is not the Same as Threat Mapping

Threat Modeling is not the Same as Threat Mapping

There’s a belief in the security community that if you’re doing threat mapping, you don’t need to do threat modeling. The idea is that threat mapping is just as good as, or at least takes the place of, threat modeling. It’s true they are both a formalized way to...
Don’t Let Failing Banks Distract You from Cyber Threats

Don’t Let Failing Banks Distract You from Cyber Threats

Human beings and organizations suffer from a cognitive condition known as recency bias. Recency bias “is a cognitive bias that favors recent events over historic ones. It is the tendency to place too much emphasis on experiences that are freshest in your memory—even...
Does the New National Cybersecurity Strategy Make Threat Modeling Essential?

Does the New National Cybersecurity Strategy Make Threat Modeling Essential?

Are you aware of the National Cybersecurity Strategy announced by the Biden-Harris administration on March 2, 2023? Well, if you develop software, you better be. The goal of the strategy is for the U.S. Government to take the lead in creating a safe and secure digital...
Seven Common Misconceptions About Threat Modeling

Seven Common Misconceptions About Threat Modeling

There is general consensus in the DevSecOps community that threat modeling is a good thing. The sooner in the application development cycle you find a threat the less it costs to fix, and there’s hardly any better way to “shift left” than with threat modeling. So, why...
An Overlooked Reason Why There are so Many Data Breaches

An Overlooked Reason Why There are so Many Data Breaches

Take a look at the headlines in any security news outlet and one thing really stands out. There are data breaches everywhere. That happen all the time, to organizations that know better. And it’s not like anyone wants a data breach. In fact, just the opposite is true....