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Previous editions of
Threat Modeling Insider

Threat Modeling Insider
36th Edition

The Power of Threat Modeling Capabilities and OWASP SAMM Mapping for Product Security Guest article

Written by Sebastien Deleersnyder & Steven Wierckx
Gamify Threat Modeling with OWASP Cornucopia 2.0 Curated content

By OWASP Foundation
Build Reusable, Robust Systems with Security Patterns Curated content

By Securitypatterns.io
Threat Modeling in 4 steps Toreon Blog
New O’Reilly training: Secure Your Design with Threat Modeling Tips & Tricks
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
35th Edition

ThreatModCon 2024 Lisbon is coming in 20 days! Announcement
MITRE Unveils EMB3D: A Threat-Modeling Framework for Embedded Devices Curated content

By MITRE
OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications Curated content

By OWASP
Threat Modeling Playbook Part 5 – Innovate with threat model technology Toreon Blog
Secure from the Start: Integrate Continuous Threat Modeling Tips & Tricks

By Sebastien Deleersnyder
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Previous editions of
Threat Modeling Insider

Threat Modeling Insider
33rd Edition

Inherent Threats – Clarifying a property of threats, are they inherent to the system? Whitepaper

Written by Adam Shostack
Threat Modeling Playbook Part 3 – Train your people to threat model Toreon blog

Written by Sebastien Deleersnyder
Thinking Like An Attacker – Another Look at Enterprise Security Curated content

Written by Forbes
Advancing Resiliency Threat Modeling for large distributed systems Curated content

Written by Microsoft Azure
Threat Modeling Hackaton is back! Tips & Tricks
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Previous editions of
Threat Modeling Insider

Threat Modeling Insider
40th Edition

How to Enhance Your Pentest Using Threat Modeling Guest article

Written by Jeroen Verwoest
Risk Patterns: Your Secret Weapon for Smarter Threat Modeling Curated content

By Sebastien Deleersnyder
OWASP TOP 10 for LLM Applications 2025 Curated content
Steven Wierckx’s Choice: The Best Threat Modeling Talk of 2025 Curated content

Written by Max Mathys
Threat composer workspace Tips & Tricks
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
39th Edition

Layered Threat Modeling, an enterprise architectural approach Guest article

Written by Michael Boeynaems
Level Up Your Threat Models: Data Flow Diagram Template for Miro Toreon blog

By Sebastien Deleersnyder
TTPs.ai for GenAI-Targeted Attacks Curated content

by Michael Bargury
Elevation of Privilege Curated content
Threat Modeling Hackathon 2025 Tips & Tricks
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
38th Edition

Threat Modeling for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) AI Applications Guest article

Written by Ben Ramirez
Threat Modeling Trends and Insights from ThreatModCon 2024 Toreon blog

By Sebastien Deleersnyder & Steven Wierckx
The AI Risk Repository Curated content
Application Security Blog – True Positives Curated content

By Evan Oslick
DrawIO Attack trees plugin Tips & Tricks
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
37th Edition

Threat Modeling Is What Puts “Sec” in “DevSecOps” Guest article

Written by Mohamed Abo El-Kheir
Putting Threat Modeling into practice: A guide for business leaders Curated content

Written by Scott Wheeler
How the New EU Regulatory Landscape Will Impact Software Security Curated content

Written by Nuno Teodoro
Threat Modeling with ATT&CK v1.0.0 Curated content
Crypto-Gram Newsletter Tips & tricks
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
36th Edition

The Power of Threat Modeling Capabilities and OWASP SAMM Mapping for Product Security Guest article

Written by Sebastien Deleersnyder & Steven Wierckx
Gamify Threat Modeling with OWASP Cornucopia 2.0 Curated content

By OWASP Foundation
Build Reusable, Robust Systems with Security Patterns Curated content

By Securitypatterns.io
Threat Modeling in 4 steps Toreon Blog
New O’Reilly training: Secure Your Design with Threat Modeling Tips & Tricks
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
35th Edition

ThreatModCon 2024 Lisbon is coming in 20 days! Announcement
MITRE Unveils EMB3D: A Threat-Modeling Framework for Embedded Devices Curated content

By MITRE
OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications Curated content

By OWASP
Threat Modeling Playbook Part 5 – Innovate with threat model technology Toreon Blog
Secure from the Start: Integrate Continuous Threat Modeling Tips & Tricks

By Sebastien Deleersnyder
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
34th Edition

Retro Tech Tactics: Using Old-School Security for Modern Threat Modeling Guest article

Written by Steven Wierckx
Threat Modeling Playbook Part 4 – Strengthen your threat model processes Toreon blog

Written by Sebastien Deleersnyder
Security Architecture Build Phase: Planning and building a defendable architecture Curated content

By Telenor
Google’s Threat Model for Post-Quantum Cryptography Curated content

By Google's Cryptography team
Book tip: Security Engineering — Third Edition Tips & tricks
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
33rd Edition

Inherent Threats – Clarifying a property of threats, are they inherent to the system? Whitepaper

Written by Adam Shostack
Threat Modeling Playbook Part 3 – Train your people to threat model Toreon blog

Written by Sebastien Deleersnyder
Thinking Like An Attacker – Another Look at Enterprise Security Curated content

Written by Forbes
Advancing Resiliency Threat Modeling for Large Distributed Systems Curated content

Written by Microsoft Azure
Threat Modeling Hackathon is back! Tips & Tricks
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
32nd Edition

3 Scenarios for transforming a Cornucopia Card into a Product Backlog Item Guest article

Written by Ive Verstappen
OWASP 2023 Global AppSec Conference: Zero Trust Threat Modeling Curated content

By Chris Romeo
Threat Modeling for Software Development Kits (SDKs) Curated content

Written by Kevin Wall
Threat Modeling Playbook Part 2 – Embed Threat Modeling in your organization Toreon Blog
ThreatModCon 2023 recordings Tips & Tricks
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
31st Edition

Learning threats in a post ChatGPT world Guest article

Written by Jonathan Marcil
Threat Modeling Playbook - Part 1 Toreon blog
AI-Driven Threat Modelling with STRIDE GPT Curated content
OTM supported by threat-dragon starting from 2.1.3 Curated content
NIST Trustworthy and Responsible AI Tips & tricks
Save-the-date: ThreatModCon 2024 Curated content
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
30th Edition

The World’s First Threat Modeling Conference Guest article

Written by Chris Romeo
Navigating the Future of AI Security: Insights from the Risk Match Webinar Toreon article

Written by Sebastien Deleersnyder
Threat Modeling is now part of the NCSC's guidance on Risk Management Curated content

Written by the National Cyber Security Centre
Scaling threat modeling in an organisation might require an order of threat modeling Curated content

Written by NIST
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
29th Edition

5 Challenges of Rolling Out Threat Modeling within an Enterprise-Sized Company Guest article

Written by Nick Kurtley
An Introduction to Threat Modeling by Microsoft Curated content
Threat Modelling Cloud Platform Services by Example: Google Cloud Storage Curated content
You shall not pass: the spells behind Gandalf Tips & Tricks

Written by Max Mathys
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
28th Edition

Threat Models are useless. Threat Modeling is essential. Guest article

Written by Jess Chang
Threat Composer, exploring the parallels between risk descriptions and user stories Toreon article

Written by Georges Bolssens
Leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) for Threat Models Curated content

Written by xvnpw
Threat elicitation and the art of "AI prompt crafting" Curated content

Written by Georges Bolssens
Reading the TMI Newsletter pays off! Score yourself a discount for the upcoming ThreatModCon A gift

ThreatModCon
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
27th Edition

Unleashing the power of Threat Modeling: Overcoming Challenges, Building Community, and Driving Adoption. Guest article

Written by Brook S.E. Schoenfield
BSidesSF 2023 - FAIR STRIDE - Building Business Relevant Threat Models Curated content

Written by Arthur Loris
BSidesSF 2023 - Sleeping With One AI Open: An Introduction to Attacks Against… Curated content

Written by Eion Wickens and Marta J.
Instant Threat Modeling - #10 Adversarial ML & AI Curated content

Written by SecuRingPL
OWASP SAMM Threat Modeling: From Good to Great presentation Toreon article

Written by Sebastien Deleersnyder
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
26th Edition

The AI Attack Surface Map V1.0 Guest article

Written by Daniel Miessler
AWS KMS Threat Model Curated content

Written by Costas Kourmpoglou
How to use Chat GPT to learn Threat Modeling Curated content

Written by Rusty Newton
OWASP SAMM Threat Modeling: From Good to Great Toreon article

Written by Sebastien Deleersnyder
The Threat Modeling podcast Curated content

Written by Adam Shostack
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
25th Edition

Developer-driven threat modeling at OutSystems Guest article

Rui Covelo
Threats: What Every Engineer Should Learn From Star Wars Book bites

Written by Adam Shostack
Introducing Threat Modeling to Established Teams Curated content

Talk by Sarah-Jane Madden
Threat Modeling Connect: A browse through the archives Curated content
Threat Modeling as Code with PyTM Tips & tricks

Written by Georges Bolssens
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
24th Edition

A deep dive into the 2023 Threat Modeling Connect Hackathon Guest article

Written by Luis Servin
Threat Modeling Talks Curated content

By Kim Wuyts
The added benefit to early threat modeling that nobody talks about Toreon article

Written by Izar Tarandach and Georges Bolssens
What are repudiation attacks? Tips & tricks

Written by Winsey Fong
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
23rd Edition

Supply-Chain Security: Evaluation of Threats and Mitigations Guest article

Written by Hashimoto Waturu
Tips & tricks, Draw.io Curated content

Written by Costas Kourmpoglou
The importance of accurate notes during threat model meetings Toreon article

Written by Cesar Peeters
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
22nd Edition

The hitchhiker's guide for failing threat modeling Guest article

Written by Michael Bernhardt
Creating Security Decision Trees with Graphviz Curated content
Threat Modeling Lingo Curated content
Unlocking the power of Threat Modeling Toreon article

Written by Steven Wierckx
A ChatGPT Toreon poem Curated content
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
21st Edition

Threat Modeling ICS & OT Landscapes - Mind that Gap, there's a sharp EDGE! Guest article

Written by Charles Marrow
SLSA dip — At the Source of the problem! Curated content

Written by François Proulx
Integrating threat modeling with DevOps Curated content

Written by security experts at Microsoft
An interview on Threat Modeling with ChatGTP Toreon article

By interviewer Steven Wierckx
Applying STRIDE on your hotel Tips & tricks

Written by Miguel Llamazares
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
20th Edition

Five tips to improve your threat model Guest article

Written by Simone Curzi
How to threat model digital applications in Cloud Curated content

Written by Jeevan Singh
Threat Modeling the right way for Builders Workshop Curated content
Kubernetes Threat Model and Risk Management webinar Curated content
Christmas comes early this year... A gift
Threat Modeling Connect, a new community Tips & tricks
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
19th Edition

The Role of Tooling in Threat Modeling Guest article

Written by Zoe Braiterman
The Hybrid Approach to Threat Modeling Curated content

Written by Chris Romeo
How we're creating a threat model framework that works for GitLab Curated content

Mark Loveless
Threat Modeling Soft Skills Curated content

A session with Sebastien Deleersnyder
Creating Security Decision Trees with Graphviz Tips & tricks

Kelly Shortridge
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
18th Edition

Risk-Centric Threat Modeling - Part 2 Guest article

With Marco Mirko Morana
Adapting risk calculations to your needs Toreon article
Persona Non Grata, a threat generation technique Tips & tricks
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
17th Edition

Risk-Centric Threat Modeling - Part 1 Guest article

With marco Mirko Morana
Examining attack trees and tooling Toreon article
A tool to support threat modeling in a DevSecOps environment Threagile Tips & tricks
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
16th Edition

Security Regulation for Medical Devices Interview

With Seth Carmody
Machine Assisted Threat Modeling Curated content
Plot4ai Curated content
How Threat Modeling improves Pentesting Toreon article
User stories and Threat Modeling Tips & tricks
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
15th Edition

Threat Modeling Benefits Everyone in the Dev Pipeline Guest article

Written by Ken Van Wyck
Threat Modeling Medical Devices Curated content
Mozilla Rapid Risk Assessment Curated content
Threat Modeling vs Pentesting Toreon article
Continuous Threat Modeling Tips & tricks
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
14th Edition

Threat Modeling Redefined: The Self-Serve Threat Model Guest article

Written by Jeevan Singh
New standards from NIST and OWASP Curated content
ATT&CK-like Common Threat Matrix for CI/CD Pipelines Curated content
The 9 benefits of Threat Modeling Toreon article

Written by Rusty Newton
The OWASP Threat Dragon egg is hatching Tips & tricks
Our new Threat Modeling Practitioner hybrid learning journey Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
13th Edition

Threat modeling: what are we modeling, exactly? Guest article

Written by Koen Yskout
A panel discussion on agile threat modeling Curated content
how GitHub does threat modeling Curated content
7 key learning principles to create our future threat modeling training Toreon article
A new threat modeling book by Izar Tips & tricks
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
12th Edition

Keys to successful privacy threat modeling Guest article

Written by Kim Wuyts
Wikipedia on Threat Modeling history Curated content
Threat modeling your CI/CD pipeline Curated content
We donated our Threat Modeling Playbook to OWASP Toreon gift
Ask me Anything on Threat Modeling Webinar
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
11th Edition

Threat modeling's definition of done Guest article

Written by Brook Schoenfield
Threat modeling guidance for developers Curated content
Recordings from threat modeling sessions from the latest Open Security Summit Curated content
Up your game with the Threat Modeling Playbook Toreon webinar
DREAD is dead Tips & tricks
Updates on upcoming Toreon training sessions. Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
10th Edition

Scaling up threat modeling Guest article

Written by Mikko Saario
Threat modeling machine learning Curated content
New release of OWASP Threat Dragon Curated content
Threat modeling medical devices Toreon whitepaper
New online trainings hosted by Toreon Tips & tricks
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
9th Edition

How often do living documents need to breathe? Guest article

Written by Izar Tarandach
An awesome list of threat modeling resources Curated content
The upcoming ISO 21434 cybersecurity standard for the automotive industry Curated content
Reports from the Archimedes conference Toreon article
Creating 'evil personas Tips & tricks
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
8th Edition

Threat modeling: better caught than taught Guest article

Written by Chris Romeo
NO DIRT: a threat modeling approach for digital healthcare Curated content
The Tactical Threat Modeling paper from SAFECode Curated content
Threat modeling in 4 steps Toreon article
The OWASP risk rating calculator Tips & tricks
Updates on upcoming Toreon training sessions. Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
7th Edition

“Threat modeling as code" with the threatspec tool Guest article

Written by Fraser Scott
The Evolution of Threat Modeling Curated content
Adam Shostack's talk at AppSecCali 2019 Curated content
Setting up efficient threat model meetings Toreon article
New community edition released by IriusRisk Tips & tricks
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
6th Edition

The OWASP Threat Model project Guest article

Written by Steven Wierckx
Jim DelGrosso teaching threat modeling Curated content
Dinis Cruz shares his threat modeling templates Curated content
The perfect threat model party guest list Toreon article
Application Security Podcast, with episodes on threat modeling Tips & tricks
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
5th Edition

Threat modeling: do it early, do it often, do it as a team Guest article

Written by Irene Michlin
LINDDUN Curated content
Automated web attacks Curated content
A great deal on our HITB training in Singapore Toreon deal
Play the Elevation of Privilege card game online Tips & tricks
Updates on upcoming Toreon training sessions. Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
4th Edition

Continuum Security “Scaling threat modeling with risk patterns" Guest article

Written by Stephen de Vries
Threat modeling as code Curated content
MITRE ATT&CK Curated content
How to use threat modeling as privacy by design technique? Toreon article
Hi/5 newsletter Tips & tricks
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
3rd Edition

Threat Models as a Blueprint for Attack Guest article

Written by Tony UV
OAuth 2.0 Curated content
The threat modeling toolkit Curated content
How can you integrate threat modeling in your agile software development? Toreon presentation
How to overcome diagramming writer's block Tips & tricks
An update on our upcoming training sessions Training update

Threat Modeling Insider
2nd Edition

How to supercharge your Threat Modeling Guest article

Written by Geoff Hill
Curated resources from Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft Curated content
Threat modeling done right" Toreon guide
The OWASP threat modeling slack channel Tips & tricks
Invitation to the Open Security Summit, featuring a threat modeling track Invitation
Updates on upcoming Toreon training sessions. Training update