# How Executives Can Use Threat Modeling

DevFeed: [How Executives Can Use Threat Modeling](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-executives-can-use-threat-modeling-36830.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shostack.org/blog/how-executives-can-use-threat-modeling/>)

Author: Adam

Published: 2022-03-18T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

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

Topics: [Cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybersecurity.md>), [Security & Privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security-privacy.md>), [Business Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/business-security.md>)

Tags: [ceo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ceo.md>), [cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cybersecurity.md>), [leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how executives can use threat modeling to make more informed business and cybersecurity decisions. It defines threat modeling as a structured process for identifying what could go wrong, deciding how to respond, and reviewing whether the response was effective. It introduces a four-question framework and illustrates it with a smartphone software update example.

## Source excerpt

You don't have to be technical, but you can't make informed decisions about your business without threat modeling.