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Visual Threats and Countermeasures

Jul 12, 2008 by JD

While working on patterns & practices Security guidance, I pushed the idea of “Visual Threats and Countermeasures.” 

I wanted a simple way to show customers how to quickly whiteboard their application and find issues. 

It was very effective for finding hot spots and drilling in.

Here is an example:

Scenario

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Threats / Attacks

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Vulnerabilities

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Database Server Threats / Attacks and Vulnerabilities

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Library Threats / Attacks and Vulnerabilities

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Web Application Threats / Attacks and Vulnerabilities

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Web Server Threats / Attacks and Vulnerabilities

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