Threat Analysis

In this video, you will learn about the risks associated with including a component with known vulnerabilities in an application.

You have already seen that there are common components used across many systems. Once a hacker finds a vulnerability in a component, all systems using this component have a greater vulnerability. In this video, you will learn about the prevalence of these attacks and the risk this poses to your system.

Reflect and share: It can be surprising to learn that there are components with known vulnerabilities that are still being used by many systems. What do you think can be done about this? For example, do you think users should be educated about the problem (like you’ve chosen to be!), or should there be greater controls in place?