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Jeffrey A. Ingalsbe Security Consulting and Strategic Research Ford Motor Company (313) 390-9278

Threat Modeling. Jeffrey A. Ingalsbe Security Consulting and Strategic Research Ford Motor Company (313) 390-9278 jingalsb@ford.com. The Problem(s). Security was viewed as IT’s responsibility Security was viewed as an add-on or a burden Internal Business customers were adversarial

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Jeffrey A. Ingalsbe Security Consulting and Strategic Research Ford Motor Company (313) 390-9278

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  1. Threat Modeling Jeffrey A. Ingalsbe Security Consulting and Strategic Research Ford Motor Company (313) 390-9278 jingalsb@ford.com

  2. The Problem(s) • Security was viewed as IT’s responsibility • Security was viewed as an add-on or a burden • Internal Business customers were adversarial • Internal Business customers were absent • Auditability of the sdlc was poor • The same vulnerabilities kept were not going away • There was no “dial” for controls • It was difficult to talk to lawyers about risk • The intranet was considered “safe” • Employees were “trusted”

  3. One Solution: Threat Modeling • Threat Modeling is : • A repeatable process • Collaborative • Proactive • Executed during the design phase (mostly) • Risk quantifying • Business empowering • Awareness raising

  4. Ford’s Journey • Piloted Microsoft’s TAM tool in 2005 • Rolled out Threat Modeling as a service in 2007 • Launched “Fast Pass” Threat Modeling in 2008 • Piloting Microsoft’s SDLTM tool in 2009

  5. Terms • Model: Representation of reality constructed using Roles, Data, and Components, used to build Use Cases, generate Threats, and analyze Risk, and develop a Risk response. • Use Case: Not a UML use case. A higher level interaction between people and the components of your system involving data to achieve some business objective. • Threat: Potential unintended event which may occur within a use case. There are three kinds of threats according to the Microsoft tools: threats to Confidentiality , threats to Integrity, and threats to Availability.NOTE: A threat doesn’t have to be malicious! • Risk: The aggregate of discoverability, reproducibility, exploitability, affected users, and damage potential (DREAD). • RiskResponse: Planned action to address risk. You can Reduce, Transfer, Avoid, Accept.

  6. Participants • Business owners • First and foremost • SMEs • Architects • Developers • Application owners • Infrastructure owners • IT Security • Threat modelers • CIRT • Forensics • Encryption • Authentication

  7. Time Commitment • Minimum • 7 calendar days • 3 half-day meetings with the entire team • 2 full-days of work for security members • Maximum • 4 to 6 calendar weeks • 4 to 6 half day meetings with the entire team • 1 or 2 full-days of work for security members

  8. Process • Identify business objectives • Set scope • Construct model • Roles • Data • Compnents • Use cases • Generate threats • Analyze threats • Determine Risk Responses • Report out • Improve process

  9. Process

  10. Results • Used threat modeling to reduce risk on strategically important IT projects. • Saved significant calendar time on processing launch related IT work. • Optimized process and applied to pilots, PoCs, and processes. • Raised awareness on risk-based decision making. • Taught people to fish. • Moved the needle with several important business customers (specifically the OGC).

  11. Questions Jeffrey A. Ingalsbe Security Consulting and Strategic Research Ford Motor Company (313) 390-9278 jingalsb@ford.com

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