Enduring Ideas in the Realm of Software
I found an organizing frame for quality attributes (security, performance, … etc.) on SoftwareArchitectures.com and I think it’s helpful. They organize quality attributes by the following: Runtime system qualities Non-runtime system qualities Business qualities Architecture qualities Domain specific qualities. Quality Attribute Frame This table shows an example of some quality attributes organized by the Quality …
When thinking about quality, I tend to draw from the following quality attributes: Availability Buildability Conceptual Integrity Evolvability Extensibility Functionality Implementation Transparency Integrability Interoperability Maintainability Performance Portability Reliability Reusability Scalability Security Serviceability Subsetability Supportability Testability Usability
If you know the underlying principles for security, you can be more effective in your security design. While working on Improving Web Application Security: Threats and Countermeasures, my team focused on creating a durable set of security principles. The challenge was to make the principles more useful. It’s one thing to know the principles, but …
