Discovering "unknown known" security requirements

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dc.contributor.authorRashid, A.
dc.contributor.authorNaqvi, S.
dc.contributor.authorRamdhany, R.
dc.contributor.authorEdwards, M.
dc.contributor.authorChitchyan, R.
dc.contributor.authorAli Babar, M.
dc.contributor.conference38th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE '16) (14 May 2016 - 22 May 2016 : Austin, TX)
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractSecurity is one of the biggest challenges facing organisations in the modern hyper-connected world. A number of theoretical security models are available that provide best practice security guidelines and are widely utilised as a basis to identify and operationalise security requirements. Such models often capture high-level security concepts (e.g., whitelisting, secure configurations, wireless access control, data recovery, etc.), strategies for operationalising such concepts through specific security controls, and relationships between the various concepts and controls. The threat landscape, however, evolves leading to new tacit knowledge that is embedded in or across a variety of security incidents. These unknown knowns alter, or at least demand reconsideration of the theoretical security models underpinning security requirements. In this paper, we present an approach to discover such unknown knowns through multi-incident analysis. The approach is based on a novel combination of grounded theory and incident fault trees. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach through its application to identify revisions to a theoretical security model widely used in industry.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityAwais Rashid, Syed Asad Ali Naqvi, Rajiv Ramdhany, Matthew Edwards, Ruzanna Chitchyan, M. Ali Babar
dc.identifier.citationInternational Conference on Software Engineering, 2016, vol.14-22-May-2016, pp.866-876
dc.identifier.doi10.1145/2884781.2884785
dc.identifier.isbn9781450339001
dc.identifier.issn0270-5257
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/108288
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherACM
dc.relation.ispartofseriesInternational Conference on Software Engineering
dc.rights© 2016 Copyright held by the owner/author(s). Publication rights licensed to ACM.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1145/2884781.2884785
dc.subjectSecurity requirements, incident analysis, grounded theory
dc.titleDiscovering "unknown known" security requirements
dc.typeConference paper
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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