An ontological framework to manage the relative conflicts between security and usability requirements

Mairiza, D; Zowghi, D

An ontological framework to manage the relative conflicts between security and usability requirements

Mairiza, D Zowghi, D

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Citation:: 2010 3rd International Workshop on Managing Requirements Knowledge, MaRK'10, 2010, pp. 1 - 6
Issue Date:: 2010-12-29

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dc.contributor.author	Mairiza, D	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Zowghi, D https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6051-0155	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-12-29	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2010 3rd International Workshop on Managing Requirements Knowledge, MaRK'10, 2010, pp. 1 - 6	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781424487837	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/16193
dc.description.abstract	Non Functional Requirements (NFRs) are relative, so are the conflicts among them. In our previously developed catalogue of NFRs conflicts it can be observed that a number of specific pairs of NFRs are claimed to be in conflicts in some cases but they are also claimed not to be in conflict in the other cases. These relative conflicts occur because the positive or negative relationships among NFRs are not always clear and obvious. These relationships might change depending on the meaning of NFRs within the system being developed. This paper focuses on the application of ontology in managing the relative conflicts among NFRs, particularly the relative conflicts between security and usability requirements. The aim is to develop a framework to identify, characterize, and define corresponding resolution strategies for the security-usability conflicts. This paper thus describes the sureCM framework to manage these conflicts; summarizes the security-usability conflicts ontology; and demonstrates how the ontology will be used as a basis to assist analysts in managing conflicts between security and usability requirements. ©2010 IEEE.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	2010 3rd International Workshop on Managing Requirements Knowledge, MaRK'10	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1109/MARK.2010.5623814	en_US
dc.title	An ontological framework to manage the relative conflicts between security and usability requirements	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.for	080303 Computer System Security	en_US
dc.location.activity	Sydney, Australia	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/Graduate Research School
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - HCTD - Human Centred Technology Design
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - STEM Education Futures
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US

Abstract:

Non Functional Requirements (NFRs) are relative, so are the conflicts among them. In our previously developed catalogue of NFRs conflicts it can be observed that a number of specific pairs of NFRs are claimed to be in conflicts in some cases but they are also claimed not to be in conflict in the other cases. These relative conflicts occur because the positive or negative relationships among NFRs are not always clear and obvious. These relationships might change depending on the meaning of NFRs within the system being developed. This paper focuses on the application of ontology in managing the relative conflicts among NFRs, particularly the relative conflicts between security and usability requirements. The aim is to develop a framework to identify, characterize, and define corresponding resolution strategies for the security-usability conflicts. This paper thus describes the sureCM framework to manage these conflicts; summarizes the security-usability conflicts ontology; and demonstrates how the ontology will be used as a basis to assist analysts in managing conflicts between security and usability requirements. ©2010 IEEE.

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