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Practical Threat Analysis for Information Security Experts

  The Dark Tower had been rebuilt, it was said. From there the power was spreading far and wide, and away far east and south there were wars and growing fear. Orcs were multiplying again in the mountains. Trolls were abroad, no longer dull-witted, but cunning and armed with dreadful weapons. And there were murmured hints of creatures more terrible than all these, but they had no name.
J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings

What is Practical Threat Analysis?

Welcome to Practical Threat Analysis (PTA) - a calculative threat modeling methodology and software technology that assist security consultants and analysts in managing the risks in their systems and building an appropriate risk mitigation policy. The role of a practical threat analysis is to identify system vulnerabilities, map system assets, asses the risk of the threats and define an effective risk mitigation plan for a specific system architecture, functionality and configuration. Read More >

Review Latest PTA Professional Edition Updates

Latest update: Version 1.54 Build 1205 - June 16, 2008. Keep your PTA up-to-date by downloading a free cumulative update with major bug fixes and usability improvements (3.9MB size; less than 1 minute download time).

If this is your first time with PTA, you are invited to visit our download area and get the full version of PTA Professional Edition.

PTA Free Program

The trial version of PTA Professional Edition enables you to use the software for 30 days. In order to extend the usage period, you are invited to join the PTA Free Program for Students, Researches and Independent Security Analysts which enables you to use, free-of-charge, a single instance of PTA Professional Edition for your professional aims.

PTA Qualified Partner Program

The PTA Qualified Partner Program enables security consulting companies to install PTA on several workstations in their offices as well as at their clients' sites. The program enables risk experts to showcase their business and their capabilities. Consultants and end-users alike will be able to find world-class know-how and unique PTA-based offerings from qualified partners on the PTA Qualified Partners Directory.

Contact Marina Radinovsky for more details on how to join the PTA Qualified Partner Program.

PTA Professional Forum

PTA Professional Edition is free-of-charge for individuals and can be downloaded, installed and operated within minutes. We believe that the popularity and availability of PTA will contribute to your productivity and let you benefit from the experience of security analysts world wide. Read More > how PTA experts utilize the methodology and tool to:

We invite you to share your experience with the members of the PTA users community and publish your ideas and insights. Feel free to introduce PTA to your colleagues and promote it via postings to security forums.

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