# IoT Security & Threat Modeling

DevFeed: [IoT Security & Threat Modeling](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/iot-security-threat-modeling-36848.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shostack.org/blog/iot-security-threat-modeling/>)

Author: Adam

Published: 2021-04-22T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

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

Topics: [Internet of things](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/iot.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>)

Tags: [devices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devices.md>), [government](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/government.md>), [iot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iot.md>), [iot-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iot-security.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/systems.md>), [uk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/uk.md>)

## AI overview

This commentary connects the UK Government's Code of Practice for Consumer IoT Security with threat modeling. It highlights IoT-facilitated technology abuse, fitness systems, and children's products, arguing that technologists should consider broader harms and ask what can go wrong beyond the STRIDE framework.

## Source excerpt

Expanding on the UK Government's 'The Uk Code of Practice for Consumer IoT Security' and how it aligns with Threat Modeling.