Threats

Acknowledgments

This book would be different from cover to cover if not for the stunning and deep worldbuilding by George Lucas, and the crew and cast of Star Wars who first brought it to life. That first crew not sweating the details could have robbed us all of so much.

This book has been a five-year mission to clearly explain security to engineers. In 2017, a gentleman in Cupertino asked me the simple question, “Where do I go to learn more about these threats?” I didn't write down his name, but if you see this, thank you for the question, and sorry it took so long to answer.

In my explorations, I've spoken with hundreds of people about the frame of “what every engineer needs to know.” I want to gratefully acknowledge all their contributions, and whatever errors remain are mine.

My amazing team of teachers at Shostack + Associates (Valery Berestetsky, Jamie Dicken, and Caroline Emmott) also read the entire draft (sometimes more than once) and helped ensure the many lessons from our students are included and the many questions they ask are answered.

While I worked on this book, I also worked on a set of courses with LinkedIn Learning. My team there, including Alyssa Pratt, Rae Hoyt, and Andrew Probert, were warm, supportive, and coaching throughout. Working with them on a set of STRIDE courses while I worked on this book improved the separate content in each.

Loren Kohnfelder did more than create the STRIDE mnemonic (with Praerit Garg) that forms the foundation of this book. ...