The VAST Framework
Redefining threat evaluation—at enterprise scale.
Threat modeling, evolved
Conventional threat modeling is often slow, resource-intensive, and provides an incomplete picture of risk profiles. Originally designed without agile development practices in mind, conventional practices struggle to keep pace with modern security needs.
To address these challenges, ThreatModeler developed the Visual, Agile, and Simple Threat (VAST) modeling framework. Its single purpose: build on the strong foundations of conventional threat modeling while transforming it from a rigid and selective process into a sustainable, repeatable, and high-velocity practice.
The ThreatModeler and VAST difference
Scalable
Designed for enterprise-wide scalability, automating processes and integrating seamlessly with Agile environments.
Automated
Leverages automation to eliminate repetitive tasks, reducing the time needed for threat evaluation from hours to minutes.
Integrated
Built with Agile DevOps principles in mind, supporting integration with tools used in the software development process.
Collaborative
Promotes collaboration among key stakeholders, utilizing diverse skill sets to evaluate threats and prioritize mitigation.
A new foundation for threat modeling
Modern threat modeling is within reach. As a core element of the ThreatModeler platform, VAST makes collaborative, comprehensive, and continuous threat modeling possible without abandoning common practices like STRIDE.
- Accelerate model development with reduced time, resources, and effort.
- Proactively identify risks at every stage—from design and deployment to production.
- Establish a comprehensive, enterprise-wide view of threats.
- Ensure consistent outcomes while seamlessly aligning with Agile workflows.
Layered security and compliance
Discover how our multi-layered approach meets the highest standards of security and compliance for customers. Learn more →
One platform, built around a single source of truth
Everywhere you work and everything you build feeds one place. Connectors pull it in, the agents do the work, governance keeps it within policy, and it resolves to a single source of truth: the Secure Design Graph.
Connectors
Agents
Governance
Foundation
One source of truth, projected three ways: developer, architect, and CISO.
Agents that do the work, not a chatbot that describes it
ThreatModeler Nexus is an agentic platform, not an assistant or a prompt wrapper. Its agents operate on the Secure Design Graph and keep every output traceable.
System Mapping Agent
Turns documents, diagrams, infrastructure-as-code, and cloud context into a model-ready system map, so the path from design artifact to threat model is fast and repeatable.
Explore the Agent →Graph Agent
Enriches your Secure Design Graph with the components, threats, controls, and patterns specific to your business, so every future model starts from your reality.
Explore the Agent →Reporting Agent
Generates business-ready and audit-ready reports from the same governed data that produced the model, so reporting is a defensible output rather than a manual afterthought.
Explore the Agent →Let’s talk
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