Creating Actionable Threat Registers

Transform threat identification and prioritization into actionable documentation through well-structured threat registers. Each identified threat needs clear documentation including threat description and attack scenario, affected assets and components, threat actor and motivation, likelihood and impact ratings with justification, current controls and their effectiveness, and recommended additional mitigations.

Organize threats for easy analysis and tracking. Group by system component to support development team assignments. Categorize by threat type for security team analysis. Sort by risk rating for management priority decisions. Cross-reference with compliance requirements for audit support. This multi-dimensional organization serves different stakeholders' needs.

Living threat registers evolve with systems and threat landscapes. New features introduce new threats. Emerging attack techniques change likelihood assessments. Implemented controls reduce risks. Regular reviews ensure threat registers remain relevant rather than becoming outdated documentation. Version control provides historical perspective on how threat assessments evolved.

Integration with development workflows ensures threats get addressed rather than just documented. High-priority threats become security user stories in agile backlogs. Threat mitigation tasks link to specific register entries. Progress tracking shows risk reduction over time. This integration transforms threat registers from static documents into active security management tools.