Understanding Threat Modeling and Secure by Design Concept with Adam Shostack

Episode No: 63

Get ready for a paradigm shift in how you build software.

In this episode of the Scale to Zero podcast with Adam Shostack, we crash-landed with a powerful concept called Secure by Design! It's not just a mantra for the Rebel Alliance, it's the key to building unbreachable software from the very first line of code.
Threat modeling and secure by design concept

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Learnings from the podcast

  1. Secure by Design is a key step in building a Healthy Security Programs. It should be done while designing and building applications and not as an afterthought.
  2. When it comes to Threat Modeling, taking a pause and asking questions about possible Threats is equally important as Finding a solution to the Threats.
  3. Communication is key to evangelize and champion security programs in organizations. And it goes both ways. Security to non-security teams and vice versa.

Learning resources recommended by Adam Shostack

  1. Threat Modeling: Designing for Security

    The only security book to be chosen as a Dr. Dobbs Jolt Award Finalist since Bruce Schneier's Secrets and Lies and Applied Cryptography!Adam Shostack is responsible for security development lifecycle threat modeling at Microsoft and is one of a handful of threat modeling experts in the world.

    Get your copy from Amazon now >



  2. CyberGreen

    CyberGreen conducts and supports research that advances the science of Cyber Public Health. They currently support interdisciplinary research of the public health model and how it can most effectively be applied to the challenges of cybersecurity.

    Visit and know more about CyberGreen research >

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