Making Security Requirements Useful and Usable (slides:) Jose Romero-Mariona Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Informatics Advisor: Debra J. Richardson Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences University of California, Irvine

Abstract

Software security is becoming a more important aspect of computing as technology continues to evolve. Security’s nonfunctional nature complicates incorporating it in the development process; due to this security is traditionally addressed as an after thought in most development efforts. Current security requirements engineering approaches lack maturity and features. We have crated a new technique to engineering secure requirements called SURE, Secure and Usable Requirements Engineering. This new approach supports non-security experts in order to specify usable, useful, and understandable security requirements specifications. Furthermore, it supports the mapping of a variety of testing artifacts from the security requirements.

 

Bio

Jose Romero-Mariona is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of Informatics. His main research focus revolves around requirements, security, and testing. Creating a productive connection between those three aspects has defined his dissertation work.