"The principle of least privilege states that every program and every user of the system should operate using the least set of privileges necessary to complete the job." — Jerome H. Saltzer and Michael D. Schroeder, "The Protection of Information in Computer Systems," Proceedings of the IEEE, 1975
"Multiple groups within ATT&CK use the same techniques, and for this reason, it is not recommended to attribute activity solely based on the ATT&CK techniques used. Attribution to a group is a complex process involving all parts of the Diamond Model, not solely on techniques."
Blake E. Strom et al., MITRE ATT&CK: Design and Philosophy, March 2020
"All of these factors point to the need for leaders to quantify cyber risks and their economic impacts to align investments with core business objectives." — World Economic Forum, Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2025 [19]
"From the moment a new asset goes live to when it is being actively probed by automated scanners is measured in minutes, not days." — Ivanti, "Attack Surface Management Report," 2024 [1]
"In practice, a penetration test can only identify a small representative sample of all possible security risks in a system." — Gary McGraw, Software Security: Building Security In, Addison-Wesley, 2006
"Threat modeling is the practice of identifying, communicating, and understanding threats and mitigations within the context of protecting something of value." — The Threat Modeling Manifesto, Adam Shostack et al., threatmodelingmanifesto.org, 2020
"Infrastructure modeled as a graph reflecting how access, trust, and control operate across systems reveals attack paths that no checklist-based audit will surface." — Trail of Bits, "Threat Modeling the TRAIL of Bits Way," blog.trailofbits.com, February 2025 [1]