Threat Modeling Toolkit

Save time, empower your teams and effectively upgrade your processes with access to this practical Threat Modeling Toolkit and guide. Address common challenges with best-practice templates, step-by-step work plans and maturity diagnostics for any Threat Modeling related project.

Download the Toolkit and in Three Steps you will be guided from idea to implementation results.

The Toolkit contains the following practical and powerful enablers with new and updated Threat Modeling specific requirements:

STEP 1: Get your bearings

Start with...


• The latest quick edition of the Threat Modeling Self Assessment book in PDF containing 49 requirements to perform a quickscan, get an overview and share with stakeholders.


Organized in a data driven improvement cycle RDMAICS (Recognize, Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control and Sustain), check the…


• Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation


Then find your goals...

STEP 2: Set concrete goals, tasks, dates and numbers you can track

Featuring 768 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Threat Modeling improvements can be made.

Examples; 10 of the 768 standard requirements:


1. What specific threat modeling methodologies, such as STRIDE or PASTA, would be most effective in identifying and prioritizing potential security threats to industrial control systems and operational technology, and how would these methodologies need to be adapted or modified to accommodate the unique characteristics and requirements of these systems?
   
   

2. What are some common threat modeling use cases in the context of cloud computing, and how can they be applied to mitigate threats in infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS), and software-as-a-service (SaaS) models, particularly in industries such as finance and healthcare that rely heavily on cloud-based services?
   
   

3. What are some common pitfalls that teams encounter when trying to measure the effectiveness of their threat modeling programs, such as not tracking key performance indicators or not having clear metrics for success, and how can teams develop effective measurement strategies that demonstrate the value of their threat modeling programs?
   
   

4. What are some common threat modeling use cases in the context of blockchain and distributed ledger technology, and how can they be applied to mitigate threats to smart contracts, decentralized applications (dApps), and cryptocurrency transactions in industries such as finance, supply chain management, and identity verification?
   
   

5. How can threat modeling be used to evaluate the security of IoT devices and embedded systems in the context of their human factors and usability considerations, such as user authentication, access control, and security notifications, and what design principles can be applied to ensure security features are usable and effective?
   
   

6. What are the specific challenges and limitations of applying threat modeling to industrial control systems and operational technology, including the complexity and heterogeneity of these systems, and how can these challenges be addressed through the development of specialized tools, techniques, and methodologies?
   
   

7. What are the core elements of the threat modeling process as outlined in the Microsoft SDL (Security Development Lifecycle), and how does this methodology's emphasis on secure design principles and threat modeling throughout the software development lifecycle impact the identification and mitigation of threats?
   
   

8. What are the potential security benefits and challenges of integrating threat modeling into the development lifecycle of IoT devices and embedded systems, such as identifying security requirements early on, prioritizing security testing, and ensuring security is baked into the design and development process?
   
   

9. What are some common pitfalls that teams encounter when trying to prioritize and mitigate threats, such as trying to mitigate every single threat or not having a clear prioritization strategy, and how can teams develop effective mitigation strategies that are tailored to their specific threat landscape?
   
   

10. What cryptographic primitives are used within the system, such as hash functions, digital signatures, or message authentication codes, and how do they provide authenticity, integrity, and confidentiality of data, including potential weaknesses and vulnerabilities that could be exploited by an attacker?
    
    


Complete the self assessment, on your own or with a team in a workshop setting. Use the workbook together with the self assessment requirements spreadsheet:


• The workbook is the latest in-depth complete edition of the Threat Modeling book in PDF containing 768 requirements, which criteria correspond to the criteria in...


Your Threat Modeling self-assessment dashboard which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next:


• The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard; with the Threat Modeling Self-Assessment and Scorecard you will develop a clear picture of which Threat Modeling areas need attention, which requirements you should focus on and who will be responsible for them:
  
  


• Shows your organization instant insight in areas for improvement: Auto generates reports, radar chart for maturity assessment, insights per process and participant and bespoke, ready to use, RACI Matrix

• Gives you a professional Dashboard to guide and perform a thorough Threat Modeling Self-Assessment

• Is secure: Ensures offline data protection of your Self-Assessment results

• Dynamically prioritized projects-ready RACI Matrix shows your organization exactly what to do next:



STEP 3: Implement, Track, follow up and revise strategy

The outcomes of STEP 2, the self assessment, are the inputs for STEP 3; Start and manage Threat Modeling projects with the 62 implementation resources:


• 62 step-by-step Threat Modeling Project Management Form Templates covering over 1500 Threat Modeling project requirements and success criteria:


Examples; 10 of the check box criteria:


1. Change Request: Have all related configuration items been properly updated?
   
   

2. Project Schedule: Does the condition or event threaten the Threat Modeling projects objectives in any ways?
   
   

3. Scope Management Plan: Are all key components of a Quality Assurance Plan present?
   
   

4. Monitoring and Controlling Process Group: Based on your Threat Modeling project communication management plan, what worked well?
   
   

5. Probability and Impact Assessment: Costs associated with late delivery or a defective product?
   
   

6. WBS Dictionary: Does the accounting system provide a basis for auditing records of direct costs chargeable to the contract?
   
   

7. WBS Dictionary: Is authorization of budgets in excess of the contract budget base controlled formally and done with the full knowledge and recognition of the procuring activity?
   
   

8. Lessons Learned: How did the estimated Threat Modeling project Budget compare with the total actual expenditures?
   
   

9. Quality Audit: Is your organizational structure a help or a hindrance to deployment?
   
   

10. Activity Duration Estimates: Which is the BEST Threat Modeling project management tool to use to determine the longest time the Threat Modeling project will take?


 
Step-by-step and complete Threat Modeling Project Management Forms and Templates including check box criteria and templates.

1.0 Initiating Process Group:


• 1.1 Threat Modeling project Charter

• 1.2 Stakeholder Register

• 1.3 Stakeholder Analysis Matrix


2.0 Planning Process Group:


• 2.1 Threat Modeling project Management Plan

• 2.2 Scope Management Plan

• 2.3 Requirements Management Plan

• 2.4 Requirements Documentation

• 2.5 Requirements Traceability Matrix

• 2.6 Threat Modeling project Scope Statement

• 2.7 Assumption and Constraint Log

• 2.8 Work Breakdown Structure

• 2.9 WBS Dictionary

• 2.10 Schedule Management Plan

• 2.11 Activity List

• 2.12 Activity Attributes

• 2.13 Milestone List

• 2.14 Network Diagram

• 2.15 Activity Resource Requirements

• 2.16 Resource Breakdown Structure

• 2.17 Activity Duration Estimates

• 2.18 Duration Estimating Worksheet

• 2.19 Threat Modeling project Schedule

• 2.20 Cost Management Plan

• 2.21 Activity Cost Estimates

• 2.22 Cost Estimating Worksheet

• 2.23 Cost Baseline

• 2.24 Quality Management Plan

• 2.25 Quality Metrics

• 2.26 Process Improvement Plan

• 2.27 Responsibility Assignment Matrix

• 2.28 Roles and Responsibilities

• 2.29 Human Resource Management Plan

• 2.30 Communications Management Plan

• 2.31 Risk Management Plan

• 2.32 Risk Register

• 2.33 Probability and Impact Assessment

• 2.34 Probability and Impact Matrix

• 2.35 Risk Data Sheet

• 2.36 Procurement Management Plan

• 2.37 Source Selection Criteria

• 2.38 Stakeholder Management Plan

• 2.39 Change Management Plan


3.0 Executing Process Group:


• 3.1 Team Member Status Report

• 3.2 Change Request

• 3.3 Change Log

• 3.4 Decision Log

• 3.5 Quality Audit

• 3.6 Team Directory

• 3.7 Team Operating Agreement

• 3.8 Team Performance Assessment

• 3.9 Team Member Performance Assessment

• 3.10 Issue Log


4.0 Monitoring and Controlling Process Group:


• 4.1 Threat Modeling project Performance Report

• 4.2 Variance Analysis

• 4.3 Earned Value Status

• 4.4 Risk Audit

• 4.5 Contractor Status Report

• 4.6 Formal Acceptance


5.0 Closing Process Group:


• 5.1 Procurement Audit

• 5.2 Contract Close-Out

• 5.3 Threat Modeling project or Phase Close-Out

• 5.4 Lessons Learned


Results

With this Three Step process you will have all the tools you need for any Threat Modeling project with this in-depth Threat Modeling Toolkit.

In using the Toolkit you will be better able to:


• Diagnose Threat Modeling projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices

• Implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals

• Integrate recent advances in Threat Modeling and put process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines


Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a business challenge or meet a business objective is the most valuable role; In EVERY company, organization and department.

Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project within a business, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?'

This Toolkit empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make Threat Modeling investments work better.

This Threat Modeling All-Inclusive Toolkit enables You to be that person.

Includes lifetime updates

Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.