Enforcing a security pattern in stakeholder goal models

Patterns are useful knowledge about recurring problems and solutions. Detecting a security problem using patterns in requirements models may lead to its early solution. In order to facilitate early detection and resolution of security problems, in this paper, we formally describe a role-based access control (RBAC) as a pattern that may occur in stakeholder requirements models. We also implemented in our goal-oriented modeling tool the formally described pattern using model-driven queries and transformations. Applied to a number of requirements models published in literature, the tool automates the detection and resolution of the security pattern in several goal-oriented stakeholder requirements. Categories and Subject Descriptors: D.4.6 Security and Protection: Access Control General Terms: Algorithms, Design, Languages, Security.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: CCS
• Authors: Yijun Yu, Haruhiko Kaiya, Hironori Washizaki, Yingfei Xiong, Zhenjiang Hu, Nobukazu Yoshioka
• Keywords: CCS 2008, Requirements Models, Security Privacy, Security Problems, Stakeholder Requirements