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Lopez, Tamara; Tun, Thein T.; Bandara, Arosha; Levine, Mark; Nuseibeh, Bashar and Sharp, Helen
(2018).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3194707.3194713
Abstract
Developers turn to Stack Overflow and other on-line sources to find solutions to security problems, but little is known about how they engage with and guide one another in these environments or the perceptions of software security this may encourage. This study joins recent calls to understand more about how developers use Internet sources to solve security problems. Using qualitative methods, a set of questions within the security channel of Stack Overflow were selected and examined for themes. Preliminary findings reveal more about this community of practitioners: who are the askers and commenters, how security questions are asked and how develop- ers frame technical information using social and experience-based perceptions of security.
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- Item ORO ID
- 54873
- Item Type
- Conference or Workshop Item
- ISBN
- 1-4503-5727-X, 978-1-4503-5727-2
- Project Funding Details
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Funded Project Name Project ID Funding Body Motivating Jenny to write secure code: community and culture of coding Not Set NCSC National Cyber Security Centre - Extra Information
- Held at the 40th International Conference on Software Engineering, May 27 - June 3, 2018
- Keywords
- secure software development; collaborative environments; empirical studies
- Academic Unit or School
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Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Computing and Communications - Research Group
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Centre for Research in Computing (CRC)
Software Engineering and Design (SEAD) - Copyright Holders
- © 2018 ACM
- Depositing User
- Arosha Bandara