Title: Threat Modeling Data Analysis in Socio-technical Systems,
Abstract: Our decision-making processes are becoming more data driven, based on data
from multiple sources, of different types, processed by a variety of
technologies. As technology becomes more relevant for decision processes, the
more likely they are to be subjects of attacks aimed at disrupting their
execution or changing their outcome. With the increasing complexity and
dependencies on technical components, such attempts grow more sophisticated and
their impact will be more severe. This is especially important in scenarios
with shared goals, which had to be previously agreed to, or decisions with
broad social impact. We need to think about our decisions-making and underlying
data analysis processes in a systemic way to correctly evaluate benefits and
risks of specific solutions and to design them to be resistant to attacks. To
reach these goals, we can apply experiences from threat modeling analysis used
in software security. We will need to adapt these practices to new types of
threats, protecting different assets and operating in socio-technical systems.
With these changes, threat modeling can become a foundation for implementing
detailed technical, organizational or legal mitigations and making our
decisions more reliable and trustworthy.