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# Threat Mitigation Mapping

> Map identified threats to appropriate security controls and mitigations.

A structured framework for connecting identified threats to the right security controls so your defense investments are deliberate, not guesswork. It maps each threat to preventive, detective and corrective controls across network, application, data, endpoint and process layers, then scores coverage, flags gaps and builds a prioritized remediation roadmap. Turn a list of risks into a defensible, budget-aware security plan.

## Use cases
- Prioritizing security investments under a fixed budget
- Building phased remediation roadmaps
- Validating defense-in-depth control coverage
- Reviewing security architecture for gaps
- Risk treatment and residual-risk planning
- Testing control effectiveness

## Benefits
- Spend a limited budget where it cuts the most risk with effectiveness-per-cost ranking
- Expose blind spots where a threat has no control or only one layer of defense
- Prove coverage with scored mappings instead of paper controls that may fail
- Sequence fixes into clear phases that tackle critical threats first

## What’s included
- Threat-to-control mapping model with coverage scoring
- Standard control library spanning auth, validation, encryption, logging and access
- Defense-in-depth and control-diversity gap detection
- Budget optimizer ranking controls by effectiveness-to-cost ratio
- Phased implementation roadmap generator
- Control effectiveness testing harness with a report generator

## Who it’s for
Security architects and risk owners who need to translate threat models into prioritized, cost-aware control plans.

## How it runs
A control that exists on paper protects nothing, so unimplemented ones score zero here. From raw threat list to a funded, red-team-tested roadmap, the mapping moves in six steps:
1. Load the two inputs: the threat list with STRIDE category, impact, likelihood and risk score, and the control library where every control carries its type (preventive, detective, corrective), layer, effectiveness and cost.
2. Map every threat to candidate controls and compute a coverage score from effectiveness times implementation status; a control that exists on paper but is not implemented counts as zero, verified controls count in full.
3. Run the two structural checks per threat: defense in depth (active controls in at least 2 different layers, a WAF alone does not cover SQL injection) and control diversity (at least 2 of preventive, detective, corrective, because assume-breach demands detection and recovery, not just prevention).
4. Generate the gap list mechanically: coverage under 50 percent, missing layers, missing diversity, with critical-impact threats surfaced first as the immediate work queue.
5. Optimize the budget greedily by effectiveness-per-cost ratio and produce a phased roadmap: Phase 1 closes critical threats, Phase 2 the high ones; the first 3 or 4 controls typically deliver 70 to 80 percent of the risk reduction.
6. Prove it works instead of assuming: red team bypass tests and blue team detection tests score each control, and anything under 70 percent effectiveness gets marked for rework, existing on paper is not enough.

## FAQ
### Do I need a finished threat model before this is useful?
Yes, it starts from threats you have already identified: its job is the next step, mapping each one to preventive, detective and corrective controls across network, application, data, endpoint and process layers. If you have no threat list yet, do the threat modeling first and bring the output here.

### How does the budget optimizer decide where money goes?
It ranks candidate controls by effectiveness-to-cost ratio, scores existing coverage per threat, and flags gaps where a threat has no control or only a single layer of defense. The output is a phased roadmap that sequences critical threats first instead of spreading budget evenly.

### Does it discover new threats or test my systems itself?
No. It is a mapping and planning framework, not a scanner or a pentest, it will not probe your infrastructure or enumerate vulnerabilities. The control-effectiveness harness checks whether your mapped controls hold up, but the threat discovery itself happens upstream.

## Price
$15, one-time, no subscription. VAT included.

Related guide: [AI for application security](https://forgehouse.ai/guides/ai-application-security/)