Deriving security requirements from crosscutting threat descriptions

Haley, Charles B.; Laney, Robin C. and Nuseibeh, Bashar (2004). Deriving security requirements from crosscutting threat descriptions. In: Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on aspect-oriented software development, ACM Press, New York, USA, pp. 112–121.

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DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link:	https://doi.org/10.1145/976270.976285
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Abstract

It is generally accepted that early determination of the stakeholder requirements assists in the development of systems that better meet the needs of those stakeholders. General security requirements frustrate this goal because it is difficult to determine how they affect the functional requirements of the system.
This paper illustrates how representing threats as crosscutting concerns aids in determining the effect of security requirements on the functional requirements. Assets (objects that have value in a system) are first enumerated, and then threats on these assets are listed. The points where assets and functional requirements join are examined to expose vulnerabilities to the threats. Security requirements, represented as constraints, are added to the functional requirements to reduce the scope of the vulnerabilities. These requirements are used during the analysis and specification process, thereby incorporating security concerns into the functional requirements of the system.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item
ISBN:	1-58113-842-3, 978-1-58113-842-9
Academic Unit/School:	Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Computing and Communications Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
Research Group:	Centre for Research in Computing (CRC)
Item ID:	2491
Depositing User:	Charles Haley
Date Deposited:	13 Jun 2006
Last Modified:	10 Sep 2018 19:58
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/2491
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