Authors:
Andreas Schaad
and
Tobias Reski
Affiliation:
Department of Media and Information, University of Applied Sciences Offenburg, Badstraße 24, 77652 Offenburg and Germany
Keyword(s):
Threat Analysis, Architecture, Security, Risk Assessment.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Information and Systems Security
;
Secure Software Development Methodologies
;
Security Engineering
;
Security in Information Systems
;
Security Requirements
;
Software Security
Abstract:
The development of secure software systems is of ever-increasing importance. While software companies often invest large amounts of resources into the upkeeping and general security properties of large-scale applications when in production, they appear to neglect utilizing threat modeling in the earlier stages of the software development lifecycle. When applied during the design phase of development, and continuously throughout development iterations, threat modeling can help to establish a “Secure by Design” approach. This approach allows issues relating to IT security to be found early during development, reducing the need for later improvement – and thus saving resources in the long term. In this paper the current state of threat modeling is investigated. This investigation drove the derivation of requirements for the development of a new threat modelling framework and tool, called OVVL. OVVL utilizes concepts of established threat modeling methodologies, as well as functionality
not available in existing solutions.
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