# Threat Modeling & IoT

DevFeed: [Threat Modeling & IoT](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/threat-modeling-iot-37025.md>)

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

Author: Adam

Published: 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

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>), [Requirements](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/requirements.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>)

Tags: [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [iot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iot.md>), [requirements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/requirements.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [security-privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security-privacy.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how threat modeling for internet-connected devices resembles threat modeling for other computers while presenting recurring IoT-specific tensions. It examines device interfaces, web servers and cloud connectivity, security and privacy tradeoffs, support and operations costs, dependency vulnerabilities, and the conflict between allowing device updates and limiting attackers' ability to install software.

## Source excerpt

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