Workshops

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Workshops

Our workshops are designed to empower development teams in their security decision making.

Cybersecurity can be challenging for developers and product owners: we know we need it, but it costs us effort and money that we might rather use for other improvements. So, it’s vital that we make good, justifiable, decisions about which security and privacy features we implement. But how should we best do this? The ground-breaking research we have been doing in the Hipster Project provides an efficient approach to do just that.

Design

Our workshops have been specifically designed with developer communities in mind. Built on our findings from a series of in-depth interviews with software developers, we have tailored our approach to suit the needs of development teams. By guiding teams through a series of structured discussions around risk, our approach strives to spark discussion to glean insight and perspectives from everyone at the table.

Process

Our workshops are intended to get teams thinking about security risks not only in the context of their company or organisation, but in relation to their system or product. When the focus shifts to the product and the end user of that product, that's a different set of risks to consider. Our workshops involve three key stages: Determining impact thresholds to assist with risk assessment; exploring risk scenario cards to establish relevant risks to your product; and calculating risk scores to help you prioritise risks.

Benefits

Our process allows you to gain a deeper understanding of potential threats your product might face. Our explorative approach enables creative investigation of vulnerabilities and facilitates an enhanced view of the threat landscape. Develop expertise in applying a structured risk assessment method to efficiently solve security problems and acquire the skills and techniques required to successfully identify and evaluate complex risks.

Your Own Workshops

Interested in running your own workshop? We've made our approach easily accessible for you to run with your team independently. Learn how to have a series of guided discussions to identify the security and privacy problems your project might face. Use powerful risk assessment techniques to decide which cyber problems are important and which problems can reasonably be ignored.

Hipster workshop materials

Get involved, go through the workshop and go through those scenarios because I guarantee even if you've got 99% of those mapped, one scenario will crop up and you won't have thought about it. That could be the difference between business life and death

A quote from Jawad Bhatti Founder, Spark

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Take a look at some of our Hipster Activities over the last 18 months

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Hipster Workshop Taster Session

Attendees came together for a dynamic workshop taster session. They had the chance to actively trial our cutting-edge approach to threat and risk assessment, and it was fantastic to see them getting stuck into the process we have designed. Our approach is hands-on and interactive to get everyone involved in discussion and exploration around threat and risk.

Workshop Session at the DiSH

One of the most valuable elements of the Hipster approach is the discussion the process facilitates. Whether a student, product owner, or software developer, everyone's perspective brings something new and valuable to the table.

Ruthless Planning for Security at Agile Manchester

Our 90 minute session gave attendees the opportunity to try out the Hipster approach to risk and threat assessment in a collaborative environment. Each group had their own unique dynamic, bringing lots of ideas and perspectives to the table.