Threat modeling aids delivery of secure products from their inception. When used properly, it can help organizations avoid reputational loss, decrease money spent to repair broken or compromised products, and save customers money.

Being late to market or investing critical resources to address bugs after release can cost an organization time, money, and brand value; but threat modeling facilitates creation of products that are more secure and capable of withstanding an attack. So, the organization can avert embarrassing security breaches.

Attackers aren't going to stop developing threats just because a product has gone to market, so it's critical that companies counter these threats and prevent attacks throughout the product's lifecycle. As an integral part of the security development lifecycle, when introduced at appropriate stages, threat modeling can identify security design issues before even a single line of code is written.

IOActive works with our clients to determine when to begin threat modeling and who should be involved, and we educate stakeholders on how to sustain threat modeling throughout the product's lifecycle.

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