57. What That Means with Camille: Threat Modeling

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Threat modeling is a vital part of the product development process, and it truly never ends. Camille takes a deep dive on today’s episode of</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">What That Means</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">; she is joined by Jonathan "Jonny" Valamehr, Principal Engineer at Intel, and Dina Treves, Senior Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI)</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Engineer at Intel, to find out things like which thought processes go into threat modeling, why there is no standardized threat model, as well as how the ever-evolving vulnerability landscape affects threat modeling.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">They cover:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-  The meaning of threat modeling and why it needs to be done early and repeatedly</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-  How to know what threats are out there, as well as how to prioritize them</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-  The sorts of things that are helpful to design teams when threat modeling</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-  Why it’s just as important to think like an attacker as it is to think like a victim when threat modeling</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-  How combining things like biometrics with traditional password protection can really boost cybersecurity </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">... and more. </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Great conversation, don’t miss it!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The views and opinions expressed are those of the guests and author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Intel Corporation.</span></em></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here are some key take-aways:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-  To understand threat modeling, you need to take three terms into account - assets (things like information you want to protect), adversaries (usually