Maria Riaz

Works (6)

Updated: July 5th, 2023 15:40

2016 article

Identifying the implied: Findings from three differentiated replications on the use of security requirements templates

Riaz, M., King, J., Slankas, J., Williams, L., Massacci, F., Quesada-López, C., & Jenkins, M. (2016, December 16). Empirical Software Engineering, Vol. 22, pp. 2127–2178.

By: M. Riaz n, J. King n , J. Slankas n, L. Williams n, F. Massacci *, C. Quesada-López*, M. Jenkins*

author keywords: Security requirements; Controlled experiment; Replication; Requirements engineering; Templates; Patterns; Automation
topics (OpenAlex): Information and Cyber Security; Software Engineering Research; Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
TL;DR: Qualitative findings indicate that participants may be able to differentiate between relevant and extraneous templates suggestions and be more inclined to fill in the templates with additional support, supporting the findings of the original study. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 article

To log, or not to log: using heuristics to identify mandatory log events – a controlled experiment

King, J., Stallings, J., Riaz, M., & Williams, L. (2016, August 24). Empirical Software Engineering, Vol. 22, pp. 2684–2717.

By: J. King n , J. Stallings n, M. Riaz n & L. Williams n

Contributors: J. King n , J. Stallings n, M. Riaz n & L. Williams n

author keywords: Logging; User activity logs; Security; Controlled experiment; User study; Mandatory log events
topics (OpenAlex): Software Engineering Research; Information and Cyber Security; Digital and Cyber Forensics
TL;DR: The results indicate additional training and enforcement may be necessary to ensure subjects understand and consistently apply the assigned methods for identifying MLEs, as well as support security analysts in performing forensic analysis by evaluating the use of a heuristics-driven method for identifying mandatory log events. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 conference paper

systematically developing prevention, detection, and response patterns for security requirements

2016 IEEE 24th International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW), 62–67.

Maria Riaz; Sarah Elder; Laurie Williams

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 article

How have we evaluated software pattern application? A systematic mapping study of research design practices

Riaz, M., Breaux, T., & Williams, L. (2015, April 11). Information and Software Technology.

By: M. Riaz n, T. Breaux * & L. Williams n

author keywords: Software pattern; Mapping study; Systematic review; Empirical evaluation; Empirical design
topics (OpenAlex): Software Engineering Research; Scientific Computing and Data Management; Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies
TL;DR: Establishing baselines for participants’ experience level, providing appropriate training, standardizing problem sets, and employing commonly used measures to evaluate performance can support replication and comparison of results across studies. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 article

Hidden in plain sight: Automatically identifying security requirements from natural language artifacts

Riaz, M., King, J., Slankas, J., & Williams, L. (2014, August 1). 2014 Ieee 22nd International Requirements Engineering Conference (Re), pp. 183–192.

By: M. Riaz n, J. King n , J. Slankas n & L. Williams n

topics (OpenAlex): Information and Cyber Security; Software Engineering Research; Web Application Security Vulnerabilities
TL;DR: A tool-assisted process that automatically identifies security-relevant sentences in natural language requirements artifacts and classifies them according to the security objectives, either explicitly stated or implied by the sentences. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: NC State University Libraries, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 article

Towards a framework to measure security expertise in requirements analysis

Hibshi, H., Breaux, T., Riaz, M., & Williams, L. (2014, August 1).

By: H. Hibshi *, T. Breaux, M. Riaz n & L. Williams n

topics (OpenAlex): Information and Cyber Security; Software Engineering Research; Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
TL;DR: Preliminary results of analyzing two interviews reveal possible decision-making patterns that could characterize how analysts perceive, comprehend and project future threats which leads them to decide upon requirements and their specifications, in addition to how experts use assumptions to overcome ambiguity in specifications. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

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