Avoiding mistakes while threat modeling

Even with the best intentions, there are several common mistakes and pitfalls that can undermine the effectiveness of a threat modeling process. By being aware of these potential issues, teams can avoid falling into these traps and ensure that their threat models are thorough, actionable, and continuously improving.

Starting too late

One of the most critical mistakes is starting the threat modeling process too late in the development life cycle. Threat modeling should be integrated when the design is first developed so that potential threats are identified and mitigations can be devised before coding begins. When threat modeling is left until the end of development, it often uncovers issues that are deeply embedded in the project and more time-consuming and costly to fix.

Lack of expertise

Another pitfall is approaching threat modeling without the necessary expertise. This goes beyond having the right stakeholders and focuses...