Threat Modelling for Developers training course

• The main recipients for the course are security subject-matter experts,  technical non-security professionals who have no/little experience of threat modelling (e.g. software devs, architects and engineers) and technically-oriented project leaders.

• The purpose of the course is to deliver the concept of threat modelling and to be able to complete a basic threat model using the Rapid Threat Model Prototyping methodology.

• By the end of the course, the class will understand threats, mitigations and risk rankings and will be able to use basic threat modelling techniques to drastically improve secure design of software.

• The course will enable participants to integrate RTMP into any software development process.

• Overview of secure SDLC

• How Threat Modelling fits into a secure SDLC

• How Agile Architecture fits in

• Introduction to several common security classification systems

• What are STRIDE and OWASP Top 10

• Mini Lab - mapping system relationships

• Defining elements of software that are security concerns

• Threat Model types

• Traditional threat model process and its shortcomings

• The importance of context diagrams to threat modelling and reusing existing software designs

• Dependencies

• Mini Lab - discovering dependencies    

• Pareto Rule (80/20 ratio) and use in secure software development

• Introduction to the Rapid Threat Model Prototyping methodology

• Elements of a threat model

• How to integrate RTMP in an Agile/DevOps process

• Zones of Trust and using Zone rules to find threats

• Adding Zone and threat metadata to a software diagram

• Mini Lab - applying Zone rules • Mitigation analysis

• Mini Lab - discovering mitigations

• Validation and triaging of results in an Agile/DevOps process

• Lab – full threat model of an internal system    

• How to convert risks into backlog items that are prioritised accordingly (e.g. into Jira, MS DevOps or similar workflow systems)

• Examples and open conversation of threat models that you have from the real world, starting with simple systems and building up to more complicated systems

• How to use RTMP to quickly highlight flows/processes/etc that are high risk

• Advanced techniques using calculation of the RTMP elements. Formulae are outlined and broken down for comprehension.

• Discussion around how to implement a good security champion program to drive deep adoption of Rapid Threat Model Prototyping across the software development lifecycle.

• Use of RTMP in other parts of a business.