Defining security requirements through misuse actions
EB Fernandez, M VanHilst, MM Larrondo Petrie… - IFIP World Computer …, 2006 - Springer
IFIP World Computer Congress, TC 2, 2006•Springer
An important aspect of security requirements is the understanding and listing of the possible
threats to the system. Only then can we decide what specific defense mechanisms to use.
We show here an approach to list all threats by considering each action in each use case
and analyzing how it can be subverted by an internal or external attacker. From this list we
can deduce what policies are necessary to prevent or mitigate the threats. These policies
can then be used as guidelines for design. The proposed method can include formal design …
threats to the system. Only then can we decide what specific defense mechanisms to use.
We show here an approach to list all threats by considering each action in each use case
and analyzing how it can be subverted by an internal or external attacker. From this list we
can deduce what policies are necessary to prevent or mitigate the threats. These policies
can then be used as guidelines for design. The proposed method can include formal design …
Abstract
An important aspect of security requirements is the understanding and listing of the possible threats to the system. Only then can we decide what specific defense mechanisms to use. We show here an approach to list all threats by considering each action in each use case and analyzing how it can be subverted by an internal or external attacker. From this list we can deduce what policies are necessary to prevent or mitigate the threats. These policies can then be used as guidelines for design. The proposed method can include formal design notations for validation and verification.
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