Case Studies

Fictional, but real-world examples demonstrating threat modeling across diverse industries and scenarios. Each case study provides detailed walkthroughs, documented threats, and actionable mitigation strategies.

Healthcare Patient Portal

Healthcare · PASTA

Full PASTA walkthrough for a healthcare patient portal with 50+ documented threats, HIPAA compliance considerations, and PHI protection strategies.

Satellite Infrastructure

Aerospace · PASTA

PASTA methodology applied to satellite communication systems including command control, RF vulnerabilities, and space-specific threat vectors.

Food Delivery Startup

Gig Economy · Attack Trees

Attack tree-focused approach for a food delivery startup addressing fraud, location tracking, payment security, and gig worker protection.

LLM Infrastructure

Artificial Intelligence · PASTA

PASTA walkthrough for LLM/AI infrastructure with AI-specific threats including prompt injection, jailbreaking, model extraction, and data poisoning.

Biotech Campus Security

Biotechnology · PASTA

Physical security threat modeling for biotech facilities addressing biosafety, controlled substances, intellectual property, and regulatory compliance.


How to Use These Case Studies

Learn by example — see how different methodologies apply to real-world scenarios and industries.

Adapt to your context — use these templates and patterns as starting points for your own threat models.

Compare approaches — understand when to use PASTA vs. Attack Trees vs. other methodologies.