An Empirical Validation of Object Oriented Design Security Quantification Model.

Software security is a multifaceted and comprehensive property, which can be properly captured only through many different quality attributes. The idea of software security covers both conventional security attributes and classical dependability attributes. Software security involves multiple attributes such as authentication, authorization, confidentiality, integrity, availability and non repudiation. The values of security are not identified by single step. It can be measured through the whole development process by collective values of its attributes. Security quantification models have been developed on the basis of established relationship between complexity factors and security attributes and validated through proper data set for model acceptance. The aim of addressing security at design phase is to defend software from the external threats and attacks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]