most citedAn Exploratory Study on the Engineering of Security Features

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6 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.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…