# The Architectural Mirror (Threat Model Thursday)

DevFeed: [The Architectural Mirror (Threat Model Thursday)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-architectural-mirror-threat-model-thursday-37085.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shostack.org/blog/tmt-the-architectural-mirror/>)

Author: Adam

Published: 2018-10-04T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

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

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

## AI overview

The article uses delays in a Seattle microhousing project and a troubled construction-permit system to encourage reflection on threat-modeling and organizational decision-making. It argues that security requirements and project-tracking failures can impose costs such as delayed revenue, customer dissatisfaction, or missed deadlines, and asks readers to assess whether those tradeoffs are justified.

## Source excerpt

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