To improve the security of software systems, we need to improve the software development processes used to produce them. Software security assurance cases have been proposed as a way of establishing security properties of software at different phases of the software development lifecycle; however, these assurance cases are difficult to write, communicate and introduce into an already burdened s...

certain advantages of service-oriented architecture have led to the spread of this type of architecture around the world. however, some special features of this type of architecture have led to more compromise between the security in the information system and other information systems. the purpose of this paper is to identify and examine the impact of factors and dimensions of the information ...

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Software security has blossomed nicely in the last few years with the appearance of new text books, new courses, and a government mandate, yet there are many people still to be educated. Savvy security people from the operations side tend to decry the cluelessness of software developers, putting the blame for our current software problems squarely on the shoulders of the "builders." However, bu...

A formal approach to security in the software life cycle is essential to protect corporate resources. However, little thought has been given to this aspect of software development. Traditionalb, software security has been treated as an afterthought leading to a cycle of ‘penetrate and patch. ’ Due to its criticality, security should be integrated as a formal approach .in the software life cycle...