Article “Gamification in Threat Modeling”

Our colleague Christoph Niehoff – creator of the widely adopted OWASP Cumulus threat modeling card game – published an article on gamification in threat modeling. He explains how gamification can help identify and mitigate security threats more effectively. Using examples such as Elevation of Privilege, OWASP Cumulus, and OWASP Cornucopia, he shows how games can turn threat modeling from a checklist exercise into a fun team activity.

These games enable teams to:

• collaborate using categorized frameworks (e.g. STRIDE),

• reduce reliance on isolated expertise,

• integrate security into agile and DevOps workflows,

• raise awareness and create a security mindset.

Check out the full article for practical implementation guidelines and best practices here.