threat_modeling

To create a threat model, you need to identify project assets, map trust boundaries, and walk through STRIDE categories to document security threats. This process generates a formal threat_model.md file detailing required security guarantees and data flows.

Threat modeling should be performed during new project kickoffs, architecture reviews, authentication changes, data flow modifications, or third-party integrations. Applying it at these key milestones helps map assets and establish required security guarantees early.

STRIDE is a threat modeling methodology used to categorize security threats by walking through specific threat categories. It helps systematically enumerate threats against identified assets and trust boundaries to produce a comprehensive security risk assessment.

Document trust boundaries and data flows by enumerating project assets and mapping where data crosses trust zones. This structured analysis identifies required security guarantees and outputs a formal threat_model.md artifact for architecture reviews.

Yes, you can generate a threat_model.md file by running the threat modeling analysis on an existing repository. It identifies assets, maps trust boundaries, and enumerates STRIDE threats to produce the documentation in the project root.

While prior security expertise helps, using a structured threat modeling approach provides a guided framework to identify assets, map trust boundaries, and apply STRIDE categories, making formal risk assessment more consistent across projects.