Security Quality Requirements Engineering
Requirements engineering, a vital component in successful project development, often does not include sufficient attention to security concerns. Studies show that up-front attention to security can save the economy billions of dollars, yet security concerns are often treated as an afterthought to functional requirements. Industry can thus benefit from a model to examine security requirements in the development stages of the production life cycle.
This report presents the Security Quality Requirements (SQUARE) Methodology for eliciting and prioritizing security requirements in software development projects, which was developed by the Software Engineering Institute's Networked Systems Survivability (NSS) Program. The methodology's steps are explained, and results from its application in recent case studies are examined. The NSS Program continues to develop SQUARE, which has proven effective in helping organizations understand their security posture and produce products with verifiable security requirements.
This report is related to the following area(s) of work:
Security and SurvivabilityTechnical Report
CMU/SEI-2005-TR-009
November 2005
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SEI:
Mead, Nancy; Hough, Eric; & Stehney II, Ted. Security Quality Requirements Engineering (CMU/SEI-2005-TR-009). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2005. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/05tr009.cfm
IEEE:
N. Mead, E. Hough, and T. Stehney II, "Security Quality Requirements Engineering," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Technical Report CMU/SEI-2005-TR-009, 2005. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/05tr009.cfm
APA:
Mead, N., Hough, E., & Stehney II, T. (2005). Security Quality Requirements Engineering (CMU/SEI-2005-TR-009). Retrieved May 21, 2013, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/05tr009.cfm
CHI:
Mead, Nancy, Eric Hough, and Ted Stehney II. Security Quality Requirements Engineering (CMU/SEI-2005-TR-009). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2005. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/05tr009.cfm
MLA:
Mead, N., Hough, E., & Stehney II, T. 2005. Security Quality Requirements Engineering (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2005-TR-009). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/05tr009.cfm
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