# STRIDE - [STRIDE (security) | WikiPedia](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STRIDE_(security)> | Threat | Desired property | Threat Definition | | ---------------------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Spoofing | Authenticity | Pretending to be something or someone other than yourself | | Tampering | Integrity | Modifying something on disk, network, memory, or elsewhere | | Repudiation | Non-repudiability | Claiming that you didn't do something or were not responsible; can be honest or false | | Information Disclosure | Confidentiality | Providing information to someone not authorized to access it | | Denial of Service | Availability | Exhausting resources needed to provide service | | Elevation of Privilege | Authorization | Allowing someone to do something they are not authorized to do |