Software runs our modern day lives: our shopping, our transport and our medical devices.
Hence, no citizen can escape the consequences of poor software engineering. A closely …

Building secure software is about taking security into account during all phases of software
development. This practice is missing in, widely used, traditional developments due to …

Authentication is a critical security feature for confirming the identity of a system's users,
typically implemented with help from frameworks like Spring Security. It is a complex feature …

Security is an emergent property of a software system. Several efforts are undertaken, to
improve software security. However, developers still miss or misuse acquired knowledge …

Software can be made more secure by stipulating and integrating security specifications in
the development process. However, guaranteeing the correct implementation of these …

This chapter discusses adoption of some proactive strategies in threat management for
security of software systems. Security requirements play an important role for secure …