Physical access to server room out of scope

THREAT84 · Out of scope: Outside what this threat model covers. · Defined in catalog.py:1462

Risk: Unknown impact × Unknown likelihood = Unknown
After mitigations: Unknown impact × Unknown likelihood = Unknown (unchanged)

An adversary that has obtained physical access to the room in which SecureDrop is hosted may alter hardware/firmware/software of App and Mon server, as well as network firewall.

Threat actors: Nation State / Law Enforcement

Mitigations

No mitigations in place.

Where it applies

Applies to 1 component in 1 scenario.

SecureDrop server room SecureDrop Area

Physical and host layer · SecureDrop server room

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    graph [
        fontname = Arial;
        fontsize = 14;
    ]
    node [
        fontname = Arial;
        fontsize = 14;
    ]
    edge [
        fontname = Arial;
        fontsize = 12;
    ]
    nodesep = 1;

    subgraph cluster_boundary_Application_Server {
        graph [
            fontsize = 10;
            fontcolor = black;
            style = dashed;
            color = firebrick2;
            label = <<i>Application Server</i>>;
        ]

        component_Application_Server__host__Application_Server [
            shape = circle;
            color = black;
            fontcolor = black;
            label = "Application\nServer (host)";
            URL = "component_Application_Server__host_.html";
            tooltip = "Application Server (host)";
            margin = 0.02;
        ]

        component_SecureDrop_Application_Application_Server [
            shape = circle;
            color = black;
            fontcolor = black;
            label = "SecureDrop\nApplication";
            URL = "component_SecureDrop_Application.html";
            tooltip = "SecureDrop Application";
            margin = 0.02;
        ]

    }

    subgraph cluster_boundary_Monitoring_Server {
        graph [
            fontsize = 10;
            fontcolor = black;
            style = dashed;
            color = firebrick2;
            label = <<i>Monitoring Server</i>>;
        ]

        component_Monitoring_Server__host__Monitoring_Server [
            shape = circle;
            color = black;
            fontcolor = black;
            label = "Monitoring\nServer (host)";
            URL = "component_Monitoring_Server__host_.html";
            tooltip = "Monitoring Server (host)";
            margin = 0.02;
        ]

        component_OSSEC_server_Monitoring_Server [
            shape = circle;
            color = black;
            fontcolor = black;
            label = "OSSEC server";
            URL = "component_OSSEC_server.html";
            tooltip = "OSSEC server";
            margin = 0.02;
        ]

    }

    subgraph cluster_boundary_SecureDrop_Area {
        graph [
            fontsize = 10;
            fontcolor = black;
            style = dashed;
            color = firebrick2;
            label = <<i>SecureDrop Area</i>>;
        ]

        component_SecureDrop_server_room_SecureDrop_Area [
            shape = circle;
            color = black;
            fontcolor = black;
            label = "SecureDrop\nserver room";
            URL = "component_SecureDrop_server_room.html";
            tooltip = "SecureDrop server room";
            margin = 0.02;

            style = "filled";

            fillcolor = "#c0392b";

            fontcolor = "white";

            class = "highlighted";
        ]

    }

    component_SecureDrop_Application_Application_Server -> component_Application_Server__host__Application_Server [        color = black;        fontcolor = black;        dir = forward;        label = "1. Services on app\nhost";    ]
    component_OSSEC_server_Monitoring_Server -> component_Monitoring_Server__host__Monitoring_Server [        color = black;        fontcolor = black;        dir = forward;        label = "2. Services on mon\nhost";    ]
    component_Application_Server__host__Application_Server -> component_SecureDrop_server_room_SecureDrop_Area [        color = black;        fontcolor = black;        dir = forward;        label = "3. Hosts in server\nroom";    ]
}

Notes

Automated test for mitigation: No.

How this threat is matched

Listed for these components. A boundary covers every component inside it.