Agree to disagree: Security requirements are different, but mechanisms for security adaptation are not

Thein Tun; Amel Bennaceur

doi:10.1145/3194133.3194151

Agree to disagree: Security requirements are different, but mechanisms for security adaptation are not

Thein Tun
, Amel Bennaceur

Open University Milton Keynes

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Abstract

We describe a dialogue between a proponent and an opponent of the proposition "security is not just another quality attribute in self-adaptive systems". The dialogue is structured in two steps. First, we examine whether security requirements are different from other system-level requirements. Our consensus is that security requirements require specific methods for elicitation, reasoning, and analysis. However, other requirements (such as safety, usability and performance) also require specific techniques. Then, we examine the adaptation mechanisms for security and compare them with other properties. Our consensus is that most adaptation techniques can be applied to maintain security and other requirements alike.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2018 ACM/IEEE 13th International Symposium on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems, SEAMS 2018
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	194-195
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Print)	9781450357159
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3194133.3194151
Publication status	Published - 28 May 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	ACM/IEEE 13th International Symposium on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems, SEAMS 2018, , co-located with International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2018 - Gothenburg, Sweden Duration: 28 May 2018 → 29 May 2018

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering
ISSN (Print)	0270-5257

Conference

Conference	ACM/IEEE 13th International Symposium on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems, SEAMS 2018, , co-located with International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2018
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Gothenburg
Period	28/05/18 → 29/05/18

Keywords

security requirements
self-adaptation

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Tun, T., & Bennaceur, A. (2018). Agree to disagree: Security requirements are different, but mechanisms for security adaptation are not. In Proceedings - 2018 ACM/IEEE 13th International Symposium on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems, SEAMS 2018 (pp. 194-195). (Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1145/3194133.3194151

Tun, Thein ; Bennaceur, Amel. / Agree to disagree : Security requirements are different, but mechanisms for security adaptation are not. Proceedings - 2018 ACM/IEEE 13th International Symposium on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems, SEAMS 2018. IEEE Computer Society, 2018. pp. 194-195 (Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering).

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Tun, T & Bennaceur, A 2018, Agree to disagree: Security requirements are different, but mechanisms for security adaptation are not. in Proceedings - 2018 ACM/IEEE 13th International Symposium on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems, SEAMS 2018. Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 194-195, ACM/IEEE 13th International Symposium on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems, SEAMS 2018, , co-located with International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2018, Gothenburg, Sweden, 28/05/18. https://doi.org/10.1145/3194133.3194151

Agree to disagree: Security requirements are different, but mechanisms for security adaptation are not. / Tun, Thein; Bennaceur, Amel.
Proceedings - 2018 ACM/IEEE 13th International Symposium on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems, SEAMS 2018. IEEE Computer Society, 2018. p. 194-195 (Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering).

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Tun T, Bennaceur A. Agree to disagree: Security requirements are different, but mechanisms for security adaptation are not. In Proceedings - 2018 ACM/IEEE 13th International Symposium on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems, SEAMS 2018. IEEE Computer Society. 2018. p. 194-195. (Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering). doi: 10.1145/3194133.3194151

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