# Models and Accuracy (Threat Modeling Thursday)

DevFeed: [Models and Accuracy (Threat Modeling Thursday)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/models-and-accuracy-threat-modeling-thursday-36895.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shostack.org/blog/models-and-accuracy-threat-modeling-thursday/>)

Author: Adam

Published: 2020-05-14T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

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

Topics: [Math and Logic](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/math-and-logic.md>)

Tags: [change](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/change.md>), [covid](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/covid.md>), [model](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/model.md>), [models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/models.md>), [organizations](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/organizations.md>), [policy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/policy.md>), [quality](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quality.md>)

## AI overview

An opinion piece examines model accuracy through COVID models and threat modeling. It argues that models are rarely perfect but can still be useful when they expose choices or impacts and help organizations drive change.

## Source excerpt

For Threat Model Thursday, I want to look at models and modeling in a tremendously high-stakes space: COVID models.