Measuring the Software Security Requirements Engineering Process
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Software Engineering Institute
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Abstract
Although there has been much research work in security requirements engineering, we do not have adequate ways of measuring this and other security engineering processes. In this paper, we study a measurement approach to security requirements engineering, align it with the Security Quality Requirements Engineering (SQUARE) method, and use both the original and revised security requirements measurement approach to analyze projects that were developed with and without SQUARE.
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Cybersecurity Engineering Research: Security Quality Requirements Engineering (SQUARE) Collection
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Mead, N. (2013, July 3). Measuring the Software Security Requirements Engineering Process. Retrieved September 19, 2026, from https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/measuring-the-software-security-requirements-engineering-process/.
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author={Mead, Nancy},
title={Measuring the Software Security Requirements Engineering Process},
month={Jul},
year={2013},
institution={Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University},
url={https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/measuring-the-software-security-requirements-engineering-process/},
note={Accessed: 2026-Sep-19}
}
Mead, Nancy. "Measuring the Software Security Requirements Engineering Process." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, July 3, 2013. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/measuring-the-software-security-requirements-engineering-process/.
N. Mead, "Measuring the Software Security Requirements Engineering Process," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, 3-Jul-2013 [Online]. Available: https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/measuring-the-software-security-requirements-engineering-process/. [Accessed: 19-Sep-2026].
Mead, Nancy. "Measuring the Software Security Requirements Engineering Process." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 3 Jul. 2013. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/measuring-the-software-security-requirements-engineering-process/. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.
Mead, Nancy. Measuring the Software Security Requirements Engineering Process. Software Engineering Institute. 2013. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/measuring-the-software-security-requirements-engineering-process/