Research on software design level security vulnerabilities

  • Authors:
  • S. Rehman;K. Mustafa

  • Affiliations:
  • Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India;Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

One of the major problems in software security is the lack of knowledge about security among software developers. Even if a developer has good knowledge about current software vulnerabilities, they generally have little or no idea about the causes and measures that can avoid those vulnerabilities. Now it is established fact that most of the vulnerabilities arise in design phase of the software development lifecycle. Keeping in view the importance of software design level security, a study of current software design level vulnerabilities and their cause is conducted. In this paper, we discuss current practices in specific software design tasks, vulnerabilities and mitigation mechanism. On the basis of the critical review, areas of research are identified that warrant further investigation.