Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Week 12 - Final Blog Lessons Learned From This Course


This was a very interesting course. It was quite the challenge as well. From the layman’s perspective, threat modeling sounds rather simple. However, this is not the case at all.  Throughout the course, I was challenged with the process because of the concepts that must go in at every step. Steps can easily get overlooked or seen differently than they really are. I am a big picture person so at times I miss details that others might see. Sometimes, it is challenging for me to get past my own big picture views to see the actual trees in the forest but this is still something I am working on.

I really enjoy the system analysis process in threat modeling. It combines some of the challenges of understanding a complex system to then combining this understanding into the ideas and concepts of threats. One important understanding to gain from threat modeling is how to best understand vulnerabilities and threats in specific environments. There seems to be some variation from organizations on what is considered a threat or vulnerability. My previous employer seemed to be lacking in the information security area which was frustrating at times because they didn’t value information security practices. This is why I feel like this is a very important part of threat analysis. It was a nice semester and I enjoyed the time I spent in this course! I really enjoyed creating these blogs!

Yours truly,
Rashele Shoun


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