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most citedAn Exploratory Study on the Engineering of Security Features

3 citations · 7 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

cs.CR2026

Security Is More Than a Library Call: How Security Features Live in Code

Kevin Hermann, Sven Peldszus, Thorsten Berger

Implementing security features---functionalities that protect sensitive data or prevent malicious actions by attackers---is important for ensuring the security and integrity of sof…

cs.CR2026

The Security Feature Location Problem

Kevin Hermann, Sven Peldszus, Thorsten Berger +1

Software security must be realized through security features such as authentication and encryption, but which features does a system implement, and where? We present security featu…

cs.CR2026

Can I Check What I Designed? Mapping Security Design DSLs to Code Analyzers

Sven Peldszus, Frederik Reiche, Kevin Hermann +3

When assessing the potential impact of code-level vulnerabilities, e.g., discovered by automated analyzers, it is essential to consider them in the context of the system's security…

cs.CR2026

Many Tools, Few Exploitable Vulnerabilities: A Survey of 246 Static Code Analyzers for Security

Kevin Hermann, Sven Peldszus, Thorsten Berger

Static security analysis is a widely used technique for detecting software vulnerabilities across a wide range of weaknesses, application domains, and programming languages. While…

cs.SE2026

Before Autonomy Takes Control: Software Testing in Robotics

Nils Chur, Thiago Santos de Moura, Argentina Ortega +4

Robotic systems are complex and safety-critical software systems. As such, they need to be tested thoroughly. Unfortunately, robot software is intrinsically hard to test compared t…

cs.SE2026

Developer Perspectives on REST API Usability: A Study of REST API Guidelines

Sven Peldszus, Jan Rutenkolk, Marcel Heide +4

REST is today's most widely used architectural style for providing web-based services. In the age of service-orientation (a.k.a. Software as a Service (SaaS)) APIs have become core…

cs.SE2025★ 3 cited

An Exploratory Study on the Engineering of Security Features

Kevin Hermann, Sven Peldszus, Jan-Philipp Steghöfer +1

Software security is of utmost importance for most software systems. Developers must systematically select, plan, design, implement, and especially, maintain and evolve security fe…

cs.CR2025★ 2 cited

A Taxonomy of Functional Security Features and How They Can Be Located

Kevin Hermann, Simon Schneider, Catherine Tony +6

Security must be considered in almost every software system. Unfortunately, selecting and implementing security features remains challenging due to the variety of security threats…

cs.SE2024★ 2 cited

A Large-Scale Study of Model Integration in ML-Enabled Software Systems

Yorick Sens, Henriette Knopp, Sven Peldszus +1

The rise of machine learning (ML) and its integration into software systems has drastically changed development practices. While software engineering traditionally focused on manua…

cs.CR2024

120 Domain-Specific Languages for Security

Markus Krausz, Sven Peldszus, Francesco Regazzoni +2

Security engineering, from security requirements engineering to the implementation of cryptographic protocols, is often supported by domain-specific languages (DSLs). Unfortunately…