Preparing for the Journey: Why Engineering Discipline Is the First Step toward Threat Modeling

November 8, 2025
3:10PM
Beverly Snow

About this session

Many threat modeling efforts fail... not because of lack of tooling or awareness, but because core engineering practices aren’t in place. This session explores how sound engineering practices, including architecture hygiene, clear ownership, and design collaboration, lay the foundation for sustainable threat modeling, and why this is where the journey truly begins.

About the speaker

Dustin Lehr is the Application Security Advocate at Security Journey, Co-founder of Katilyst, and an accomplished software engineer and cybersecurity leader. He helps organizations build developer-centric programs that motivate and engage developers by leveraging behavioral science techniques.

Speaker

Speakers

Dustin Lehr
Application Security Advocate, Security Journey & Co-founder, Katilyst