Categorization of Security Design Patterns

<p>Strategies for software development often slight security-related considerations, due to the difficulty of developing realizable requirements, identifying and applying appropriate techniques, and teaching secure design. This work describes a three-part strategy for addressing these concerns. Part 1 provides detailed questions, derived from a two-level characterization of system security based on work by Chung et. al., to elicit precise requirements. Part 2 uses a novel framework for relating this characterization to previously published strategies, or patterns, for secure software development. Included case studies suggest the framework's effectiveness, involving the application of three patterns for secure design (Limited View, Role-Based Access Control, Secure State Machine) to a production system for document management. Part 3 presents teaching modules to introduce patterns into lower-division computer science courses. Five modules, integer over ow, input validation, HTTPS, les access, and SQL injection, are proposed for conveying an aware of security patterns and their value in software development.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

MS (Master of Science)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - unrestricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Computer and Information Science

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Dangler, Jeremiah Y

• Security
• Design Patterns
• Security Design Patterns
• Computer and Systems Architecture
• Other Computer Engineering

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright by the authors.

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1119

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-2303