Threat Modeling with STRIDE & DREAD

koto house, dakar math rock · 4:56

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Picture blueprints on your desk, mapping software from the start
Every doorway needs inspection, every pathway through each part
STRIDE will hunt the hidden dangers lurking in your code design
Six categories of destruction, organized in perfect line

[Chorus]
S-T-R-I-D-E finds the threats that hide
Spoofing, Tampering, Repudiation's slide
Information leaks and Denials that collide
Elevation waits to strike from inside
DREAD will weigh each risk you've found
Damage, Reproducibility's sound
Exploitability, Affected users bound
Discoverability makes the verdict round

[Verse 2]
Spoofing masks steal identities, pretending to be you
Tampering corrupts your data, making false appear as true
Repudiation denies actions when the audit trails are gone
Information disclosure spills secrets like a breaking dawn

[Chorus]
S-T-R-I-D-E finds the threats that hide
Spoofing, Tampering, Repudiation's slide
Information leaks and Denials that collide
Elevation waits to strike from inside
DREAD will weigh each risk you've found
Damage, Reproducibility's sound
Exploitability, Affected users bound
Discoverability makes the verdict round

[Verse 3]
Denial blocks your services, choking bandwidth till it dies
Elevation climbs permissions, reaching heights beyond their prize
DREAD assigns numeric scores from one to ten for every threat
Calculate which monsters matter, prioritize your safety net

[Bridge]
Model threats before you build, weave security through each phase
Document attack scenarios, guard against malicious ways
Every interface examined, every trust boundary explored
Threat modeling saves tomorrow from the chaos unrestored

[Chorus]
S-T-R-I-D-E finds the threats that hide
Spoofing, Tampering, Repudiation's slide
Information leaks and Denials that collide
Elevation waits to strike from inside
DREAD will weigh each risk you've found
Damage, Reproducibility's sound
Exploitability, Affected users bound
Discoverability makes the verdict round

[Outro]
STRIDE and DREAD, your safety thread
Through design phase, keep code unbled
Security woven, threats overthrown
Your system's armor, fully grown

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