2012 Summer Project Week:Threat Modeling

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  Unsecured code can be a launching pad to take control of the host computer.

Key Investigators

• Kitware: Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin (JC), Julien Finet (J2)
• Radnostics: Anthony Blumfield

Objective

Identify “low hanging fruit” architecture enhancements that will limit the ability of using 3D slicer as a launching pad to take control of the host computer.

Why now? Earlier architectural changes are cheaper and reduce the application compatibility burden.

Approach, Plan

During project week we will create a high level threat model for 3D Slicer v4 and identify possible mitigations

Focus on elevation of privilege threats; punt other threat types to a later stage.

Progress

Delivery Mechanism

1. Document

References

• Swiderski F, Snyder W. Threat Modeling. ISBN-0735619913
• Howard M, LeBlanc D. Writing Secure Code, Second Edition. ISBN-0735617228