Outputs (113)

Identifying implicit vulnerabilities through personas as goal models. (2020)
Conference Proceeding
FAILY, S., IACOB, C., ALI, R. and KI-ARIES, D. 2020. Identifying implicit vulnerabilities through personas as goal models. In Katsikas, S., Cuppens, F., Cuppens, N., Lambrinoudakis, C., Kalloniatis, C., Mylopoulos, J., Antón, A., Gritzalis, S., Meng, W. and Furnell, S. (eds.) Computer security: ESORICS 2020 international workshops, CyberICPS, SECPRE, and ADIoT: revised selected papers from the 4th International workshop on security and privacy requirements engineering (SECPRE 2020), co-located with the 25th European symposium on research in computer security (ESORICS 2020), 14-18 September 2020, Guildford, UK. Lecture notes in computer science, 12501. Cham: Springer [online], pages 185-202. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64330-0_12

When used in requirements processes and tools, personas have the potential to identify vulnerabilities resulting from misalignment between user expectations and system goals. Typically, however, this potential is unfulfilled as personas and system go... Read More about Identifying implicit vulnerabilities through personas as goal models..

Contextualisation of data flow diagrams for security analysis. (2020)
Conference Proceeding
FAILY, S., SCANDARIATO, R., SHOSTACK, A., SION, L. and KI-ARIES, D. 2020. Contextualisation of data flow diagrams for security analysis. In Eades, H. III and Gadyatskaya, O. (eds.) Graphical models for security: revised selected papers from the proceedings of the 7th International workshop on graphical models for security (GraMSec 2020), 22 June 2020, Boston, USA. Lecture notes in computer science, 12419. Cham: Springer [online], pages 186-197. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62230-5_10

Data flow diagrams (DFDs) are popular for sketching systems for subsequent threat modelling. Their limited semantics make reasoning about them difficult, but enriching them endangers their simplicity and subsequent ease of take up. We present an appr... Read More about Contextualisation of data flow diagrams for security analysis..

DPIA in context: applying DPIA to assess privacy risks of cyber physical systems. (2020)
Journal Article
HENRIKSEN-BULMER, J., FAILY, S. and JEARY, S. 2020. DPIA in context: applying DPIA to assess privacy risks of cyber physical systems. Future internet [online], 12(5), article 93. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/fi12050093

Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) seamlessly integrate physical objects with technology, thereby blurring the boundaries between the physical and virtual environments. While this brings many opportunities for progress, it also adds a new layer of complexi... Read More about DPIA in context: applying DPIA to assess privacy risks of cyber physical systems..

The impact of undergraduate mentorship on student satisfaction and engagement, teamwork performance, and team dysfunction in a software engineering group project. (2020)
Conference Proceeding
IACOB, C. and FAILY, S. 2020. The impact of undergraduate mentorship on student satisfaction and engagement, teamwork performance, and team dysfunction in a software engineering group project. In Proceedings of the 51st ACM technical symposium on computer science education (SIGCSE 2020), 11-14 March 2020, Portland, USA. New York: ACM [online], pages 128-134. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3328778.3366835

Mentorship schemes in software engineering education usually involve professional software engineers guiding and advising teams of undergraduate students working collaboratively to develop a software system. With or without mentorship, teams run the... Read More about The impact of undergraduate mentorship on student satisfaction and engagement, teamwork performance, and team dysfunction in a software engineering group project..

Identifying safety and human factors issues in rail using IRIS and CAIRIS. (2020)
Conference Proceeding
ALTAF, A., FAILY, S., DOGAN, H., MYLONAS, A. and THRON, E. 2020. Identifying safety and human factors issues in rail using IRIS and CAIRIS. In Katsikas, S., Cuppens, F., Cuppens, N., Lambrinoudakis, C., Kalloniatis, C., Mylopoulos, J., Antón, A., Gritzalis, S., Pallas, F., Pohle, J., Sasse, A., Meng, W., Furnell, S. and Garcia-Alfaro, J. (eds.) Computer security: ESORICS 2019 international workshops, CyberICPS, SECPRE, SPOSE and ADIoT: revised selected papers from the 5th Workshop on security of industrial control systems and cyber-physical systems (CyberICPS 2019), co-located with the 24th European symposium on research in computer security (ESORICS 2019), 26-27 September 2019, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Lecture notes in computer science, 11980. Cham: Springer [online], pages 98-107. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42048-2_7

Security, safety and human factors engineering techniques are largely disconnected although the concepts are interlinked. We present a tool-supported approach based on the Integrating Requirements and Information Security (IRIS) framework using Compu... Read More about Identifying safety and human factors issues in rail using IRIS and CAIRIS..

Exploring the gap between the student expectations and the reality of teamwork in undergraduate software engineering group projects. (2019)
Journal Article
IACOB, C. and FAILY, S. 2019. Exploring the gap between the student expectations and the reality of teamwork in undergraduate software engineering group projects. Journal of systems and software [online], 157, article number 110393. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2019.110393

Software engineering group projects aim to provide a nurturing environment for learning about teamwork in software engineering. Since social and teamwork issues have been consistently identified as serious problems in such projects, we aim to better... Read More about Exploring the gap between the student expectations and the reality of teamwork in undergraduate software engineering group projects..

A normative decision-making model for cyber security. (2019)
Journal Article
M'MANGA, A., FAILY, S., MCALANEY, J., WILLIAMS, C., KADOBAYASHI, Y. and MIYAMOTO, D. 2019. A normative decision-making model for cyber security. Information and computer security [online], 27(5), pages 636-646. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/ICS-01-2019-0021

The purpose of this paper is to investigate security decision-making during risk and uncertain conditions, and to propose a normative model capable of tracing the decision rationale. The proposed risk rationalisation model is grounded in literature a... Read More about A normative decision-making model for cyber security..

Implementing GDPR in the Charity Sector: A Case Study (2019)
Conference Proceeding
HENRIKSEN-BULMER, J., FAILY, S. and JEARY, S. 2019. Implementing GDPR in the charity sector: a case study. In Kosta, E., Pierson, J., Slamanig, D., Fischer-Hübner, S. and Krenn, S. (eds.) Privacy and identity management: fairness, accountability and transparency in the age of Big Data: revised selected papers from the 13th International Federation for Information Processing Working Groups 9.2, 9.6/11.7, 11.6, Special Interest Group 9.2.2 international summer school (IFIP Summer School 2018), 20-24 August 2018, Vienna, Austria. IFIP advances in information and communication technology, 547. Cham: Springer [online], pages 173-188. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16744-8_12

Due to their organisational characteristics, many charities are poorly prepared for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We present an exemplar process for implementing GDPR and the DPIA Data Wheel, a DPIA framework devised as part of the c... Read More about Implementing GDPR in the Charity Sector: A Case Study.

Privacy risk assessment in context: a meta-model based on contextual integrity. (2019)
Journal Article
HENRIKSEN-BULMER, J., FAILY, S. and JEARY, S. 2019. Privacy risk assessment in context: a meta-model based on contextual integrity. Computers and security [online], 82, pages 270-283. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2019.01.003

Publishing data in open format is a growing trend, particularly for public bodies who have a legal obligation to make data available as open data. We look at the privacy implications of publishing open data and, in particular, how organisations can m... Read More about Privacy risk assessment in context: a meta-model based on contextual integrity..

Rationalising decision-making about risk: a normative approach. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
M'MANGA, A., FAILY, S., MCALANEY, J. and WILLIAMS, C. 2018. Rationalising decision-making about risk: a normative approach. In Clarke, N.L. and Furnell, S.M. (eds.) Proceedings of the 12th International symposium on human aspects of information security and assurance (HAISA 2018), 29-31 August 2018, Dundee, UK. Plymouth: University of Plymouth, pages 263-271. Hosted on the CSCAN Archive [online]. Available from: https://www.cscan.org/?page=openaccess&eid=20&id=395

Techniques for determining and applying security decisions typically follow risk-based analytical approaches where alternative options are put forward and weighed in accordance to risk severity metrics based on goals and context. The reasoning or val... Read More about Rationalising decision-making about risk: a normative approach..