Is Threat Modeling Still Relevant in the Age of AI?

Threat modeling has been a cornerstone of application security for decades — but is it still relevant in the era of AI-assisted development? In this episode of AppSec.FM, Jerry Hoff talks with Amir Kavousian about how threat modeling must evolve to keep pace with modern software practices.

Highlights:

• Why threat modeling is still essential for AppSec.
• How AI-assisted development changes risk considerations.
• Continuous threat modeling as a living document.
• The role of compliance and legal in secure design.
• Automating threat modeling to scale with modern pipelines.
• Applying threat modeling to both new and legacy applications.
• The business value of integrating threat modeling into security programs.

Guest Links:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amir-kavousian/

https://www.devarmor.com/