New Threat Analysis and Modeling (TAM) 2.1 tool released

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Containing many bug fixes and some enhancements, this is a great tool for organizations who may not have dedicated teams of security analysts, but want to model their application and automatically generate many of the possible threats.

The following are some of the improvements and features.

Improvements/Fixes
- Better Data validation (Tool identifies duplicate items, call and use case validation)
- Improved Copy Paste and Drag and Drop functionality
- Improved Analytic and Report Saving
- Improved Flow Diagrams
- Improved Visual Studio Team Systems Work Items export
- Improved Wizard Experience
- Threat Tree Visio export fixed
- Items found using the “Find Items” dialog can be cleared now
- Context aware Context Menu
- Improved Risk Measurement Plug-in Framework for Security
- Other bug fixes

New Features
- Auto Save Feature: saves the threat model automatically after specified number of minutes
- List Editor UI (no need to manually edit XML anymore for lists)