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Volume 10 | Number 2 | Year 2014 | Article Id. IJCTT-V10P142 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/22312803/IJCTT-V10P142

Integrating Security and Usability at Requirement Specification Process

Nikhat Parveen , Rizwan Beg , M. H. Khan

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Nikhat Parveen , Rizwan Beg , M. H. Khan, "Integrating Security and Usability at Requirement Specification Process," International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology (IJCTT), vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 236-240, 2014. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22312803/IJCTT-V10P142

Abstract

To construct any software, Requirement process is the common knowledge in most development organization. For any development of process security requirement is rarely supported. Over the years, researcher and developers have undergone many methodologies and techniques to secure software development life-cycle. A critical review for the development of secure software, Security and its usability is integrated at requirement specification process.

Keywords

Software security, security requirement, usability requirement, risk analysis.

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