Agile development of secure software for small and medium-sized enterprises

Anže Mihelič (Author), Simon Vrhovec (Author), Tomaž Hovelja (Author)

Abstract

Although agile methods gained popularity and became globally widespread, developing secure software with agile methods remains a challenge. Method elements (i.e., roles, activities, and artifacts) that aim to increase software security on one hand can reduce the characteristic agility of agile methods on the other. The overall aim of this paper is to provide small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with the means to improve the sustainability of their software development process in terms of software security despite their limitations, such as low capacity and/or financial resources. Although software engineering literature offers various security elements, there is one key research gap that hinders the ability to provide such means. It remains unclear not only how much individual security elements contribute to software security but also how they impact the agility and costs of software development. To address the gap, we identified security elements found in the literature and evaluated them for their impact on software security, agility, and costs in an international study among practitioners. Finally, we developed a novel lightweight approach for evaluating agile methods from a security perspective. The developed approach can help SMEs to adapt their software development to their needs.

Keywords

varen razvoj programske opreme;varnostni inženiring;majhna in srednje velika podjetja;upravljanje razvoja programske opreme;varnost;secure software development;security engineering;agile;small and medium sized enterprises;software development management;security;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2023
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UL FRI - Faculty of Computer and Information Science
UDC:	004
COBISS:	135844867
ISSN:	2071-1050
Views:	30
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary keywords:	Varstvo podatkov (računalništvo);Razvoj programske opreme;
Type (COBISS):	Scientific work
Pages:	str. 1-23
Volume:	ǂVol. ǂ15
Issue:	ǂiss. ǂ1
Chronology:	2023
DOI:	10.3390/su15010801
ID:	21327383