Abstract Context Cyber-physical systems (CPSs) have emerged to be the next generation of
engineered systems driving the so-called fourth industrial revolution. CPSs are becoming …

Abstract Context: Model-Driven Security (MDS) is as a specialised Model-Driven
Engineering research area for supporting the development of secure systems. Over a …

The existence of security threats in software designs can significantly impact the safe and
reliable operation of systems. Threats need to be precisely specified before a tool can …

In the past 10 years, the research community has produced a significant number of design
notations to represent security properties and concepts in a design artifact. These notations …

It was common that software vendors sell licenses to their clients to use software products,
such as Enterprise Resource Planning, which are deployed as a monolithic entity on clients' …

Incorporating security features is one of the most important and challenging tasks in
designing distributed systems. Over the last decade, researchers and practitioners have …

Several development approaches have been proposed to handle the growing complexity of
software system design. The most popular methods use models as the main artifacts to …

The importance of data security is currently increasing owing to the number of data
transactions that are continuously taking place. Large amounts of data are generated …

Pattern-based development of software systems has gained more attention recently by
addressing new challenges such as security and dependability. However, there are still …

Security is an afterthought process for the development of software in earlier days but now
the time has been changed. Now, security is on top priority and involved from the beginning …