# Elevation of Defenses

DevFeed: [Elevation of Defenses](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/elevation-of-defenses-36770.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shostack.org/blog/elevation-of-defenses/>)

Author: Adam

Published: 2022-03-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Shostack & Friends Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shostack-friends-blog.md>)

Topics: [Tool](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tool.md>), [Agile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agile.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [Self-organizing Team](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/self-organizing-team.md>)

Tags: [agile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agile.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [games](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/games.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [techniques](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/techniques.md>)

## AI overview

The article discusses using the Elevation of Privilege game in threat-modeling sessions and proposes awarding points for identifying potential and implemented defenses, as well as threats that bypass them. It argues that games can support playful exploration of engineering possibilities.

## Source excerpt

Using games to help us explore engineering techniques