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Basics of Threat Modeling

Threat modeling is a design practice that helps us understand they types of attacks and vulnerabilities that can adversely affect our applications. In this podcast, we examine the basic steps in threat modeling and describe a tool for supporting threat modeling. The podcast covers identifying business objectives, creating an application overview, decomposing an application, identifying threats, and assessing vulnerabilities. It also provides a managing framework for improving the security of applications.

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Dan Sullivan's Bio:

Dan Sullivan is a systems architect with 20 years of IT experience that includes engagements in enterprise security, application design, and systems architecture. His experience includes a broad range of industries, including financial services, manufacturing, government, retail, gas and oil production, power generation, and education. Dan’s security-related project work has ranged from requirements analysis for enterprise information security to designing and implementing security for database applications and enterprise portals. Dan has written about information security and other enterprise information management topics for Business Security Advisor, DM Review, Intelligent Enterprise, and E-Business Advisor. You can contact Dan at: dan_sullivan@realtimepublishers.net