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Q1: Hold on...isn't this the same as Mozilla's SeaSponge?

A1: As I was working on prototyping this, mostly as a way of getting myself properly up to speed with javascript, I found out about SeaSponge via the OWASP leaders mailing list. SeaSponge has a lot in common with this project and I based my implementation of the threat model file download feature on theirs. Maybe they could be merged in the future? Who knows?

Contributors

Mike Goodwin

Roadmap

Vision for the project:

The overall vision for the project is to implement a tool that removes as many barriers as possible for organisations wanting to embed threat modelling into their development lifecycle. Barriers I have seen are:

• Lack of cross platform tooling: Tool needs to be x-platform
• Poor UX in existing tools, productivity is poor: Great UX is a must
• Steep learning curve for adopting teams: Tool to build in expert knowledge to help the team get started
• Models are ignored: Integration with other lifecycle tools is key

Initial high level plan:

Milestone 1: Alpha release - Basic threat modelling experience

• Architecture review of the existing prototype with refinement/change where required
• Secure design review and implementation of findings
• Development of tests (unit and manual) - complete: Codecov report
• Draft end user documentation - complete: GitHub pages
• "Publicity drive" to sign up alpha/beta users and generate feedback

Milestone 2: Beta release - Threat/mitigation rule engine

• Refinement of UX based on feedback from the alpha release
• (Some) feature enhancements based on feedback from the alpha release
• Implementation of a rule engine for generation of threats/mitigations
• Updated tests and end-user documentation

Milestone 3: Release 1

• Key refinements, bug fixes and new features based on feedback from the beta release
• Complete end user documentation
• Penetration test

Milestone 4 - Dev lifecycle integration

• Detailed scope to be defined, but in general the vision is to support hooks into issue tracking and requirements management tool so that threats/mitigations can be tracked through to implementation and test

Timeframes

This is hard to estimate as it could change a lot if there were other developers involved. Based on my current velocity with just me, I would say release 1 could be complete in 1 year (optimistically).

Technology

The technical architecture is javascript from top to bottom. In the client the key libraries are Angular for the MVC architecture and JointJS for the diagraming. JointJS has a log of great features, but is not a perfect fit for Angular. This needs a review. In the prototype, all storage is done on the client using browser local storage.

There is nothing on the server side at the moment in the prototype. Areas where this might become necessary are

• If the threat rule engine requires too much power to run feasibly on the client
• Supporting hooks in to other dev lifecycle tools

If needed I plan to use node.js on the server so that the rule engine can be flexible enough to run either client or server side.

Server-side storage has not been needed yet. If it becomes necessary, then a review of options will be needed to find a way to do this that is sustainable and consistent with the open source approach for the project.

Challenges

• Getting enough usage of the alpha and beta to get the UX and rule engine right
• Finding a sustainable way to host it, especially if it needs any kind of server side storage or processing - the prototype today just serves static content and all the logic is on the client side

Getting Involved

Alpha testers

Great user experience is one of the key goals for the project and to get that right it needs some users! If you would like to try the tool out, that would be great. A working prototype can be found at:

http://threatdragon.azurewebsites.net/

To help you get started, take a look at the (draft) docs:

http://mike-goodwin.github.io/owasp-threat-dragon/

If you are still having problems, let me know and I will be pleased to help ([email protected]). All feedback is very welcome. Either email me or put an issue on GitHub

https://github.com/mike-goodwin/owasp-threat-dragon/issues

Coding

Coding help of any kind is always welcome. The project builds easily (let me know if you have any problems) so getting up and running should be simple.

Threat rule engine

If you are not into javascript, you can still help! We need to build a powerful threat generation rule engine to replace the stubbed one that is in place for the prototype. If you can contribute in this area by defining rule, that would be great.

1) Application source code for a threat modeling tool

2) End user documentation for the tool

3) An online hosted version of the tool