Threat Modelling
With threat modeling, you can identify threats as early as the design phase - and create the basis for secure architecture decisions.
In modern IT landscapes, applications are often complex and distributed: Microservices, cloud services, external platforms and CDNs interlock. Each of these components brings opportunities, but also risks. Threat modeling makes it possible to identify these risks in a structured manner and plan suitable countermeasures from the outset.
Instead of "patching" security after the fact, this creates a sound understanding of attack surfaces, threats and protection strategies - tailored to your application and your business model.
Our Services
We support you in the implementation of threat modeling, tailored to your architecture, processes and security objectives. We support you in the following steps:
- Recording of assets: Identification of the digital assets that need to be protected.
- Threat analysis: Structured identification of potential risks for these assets.
- Strategy Development: Evaluation of potential protective measures with regard to costs, benefits, and effectiveness.
- Decision Support: Assistance in selecting and prioritizing the most suitable protection strategies.
Approach
Our approach is practical and flexible, tailored to your system environment:
- Kick-off & Goal Definition: Joint agreement on protection goals and depth of analysis.
- Asset Inventory: Identification of all critical systems, data, and interfaces.
- Threat Identification: Systematic threat analysis (e.g., STRIDE, Attack Trees, Mitre ATT&CK).
- Assessment: Analysis of probability of occurrence, extent of damage, and possible countermeasures.
- Strategy & Measures: Development of protection strategies with cost-benefit analysis.
- Documentation & Consulting: Clear documentation of results with recommendations for architecture and management.
Checkpoints
We focus on:
- Critical assets and their protection requirements
- Threats from platform changes (e.g., on-premises → cloud)
- Risks associated with the use of CDNs and external services
- Security implications of microservices and their communication
- Dependencies and trust boundaries between components
- Alignment with common frameworks (OWASP, Mitre, NIST)
Your Benefit
Threat modeling makes risks visible before they become vulnerabilities, enabling you to strategically plan for security.
You gain clarity about the security implications of your architectural decisions and can implement measures where they have the greatest impact. This saves you costs for subsequent adjustments and increases confidence in your systems at the same time.
- Early detection of risks in the design phase
- Structured analysis of complex and heterogeneous environments
- Clear prioritization of threats and protective measures
- Cost-benefit assessment of security strategies
- Support for architectural decisions (cloud, microservices, CDNs)
- Practical methodology based on established standards
- Sustainable reduction of attack surfaces and risks
- Strengthening Compliance and Security-by-Design