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Threat modeling takes your data-flow diagram and applies a framework to help find threats and ways to reduce or eliminate risk.

Some tools help you create a data-flow diagram, while others also help with the threat-generation exercise. Depending on your level of expertise with threat modeling, some of these tools can be helpful.

Learn more about threat modeling tools

Over the next few units, we take a look at how:

  • The Microsoft Threat Modeling Tool enables you to create data-flow diagrams and analyze them for potential threats and risk-reduction strategies.
  • Visio gives you a clean canvas to help you create data-flow diagrams.