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What does a threat model look like?
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this post was submitted on 01 Mar 2025
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So there's a formal/professional approach and there's an informal approach.
Formally, there are fields like Risk Management aka Risk Analysis; in these fields there are various frameworks and approaches for things like threat models and risk assessments. This is more than most of us need.
Informally “this is what I want to protect myself against” is indeed a good way of thinking about it. You can write something up for yourself, or you can just think it through. If the threat model helps you use your time / resources wisely, then it's a good threat model.