Abstract SecAOnto (Security Assessment Ontology) aims at formalizing the knowledge on
“Security Assessment”. A conceptual formalization of this area is needed, given that there is …

Due to increased number of IoT devices, the marketplace is showing significant growth of
sensor deployments around the world. The context involved in any IoT environment needs …

Knowledge of software security is highly complex since it is quite context-specific and can be
applied in diverse ways. To secure software development, software developers require not …

Security measurement models (SMMs) and their corresponding derived metrics form the
main pillars of a systematic security measurement. Providing a desirable SMM is very …

The use of ontologies and taxonomies contributes by providing means to define concepts,
minimize the ambiguity, improve the interoperability and manage knowledge of the security …

It is commonly known that most applications suffer from security holes that are sooner or
later exploited. One reason is that for developers the term “security” is difficult to grasp. Many …

Software security has been the focus of the security community and practitioners over the
past decades. Much security information is widely available in books, open literature or on …

Software systems security is often exploited by threats through vulnerabilities of the systems.
This reveals the necessity of eliciting and analyzing security requirements in the …

On a regular basis, we learn about well-known online services that have been misused or
compromised by data theft. As insecure applications pose a threat to the users' privacy as …

Learning software security is a big challenging task in the information technology sector due
to the vast amount of security knowledge and the difficulties in understanding the practical …