MCP: A Security Testing Tool Driven by Requirements

[en] We present MCP, a tool for automatically generating executable security test cases from misuse case specifications in natural language (i.e., use case specifications capturing the behavior of malicious users). MCP relies on Natural Language Processing (NLP), a restricted form of misuse case specifications, and a test driver API implementing basic utility functions for security testing. NLP is used to identify the activities performed by the malicious user and the control flow of misuse case specifications. MCP matches the malicious user’s activities to the methods of the provided test driver API in order to generate executable security test cases that perform the activities described in the misuse case specifications. MCP has been successfully evaluated on an industrial case study.

Research center :

Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) > SVV - Software Verification and Validation

Disciplines :

Computer science

Author, co-author :

MAI, Xuan Phu ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT)

PASTORE, Fabrizio ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT)

Goknil, Arda

BRIAND, Lionel ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT)

External co-authors :

Language :

English

Title :

MCP: A Security Testing Tool Driven by Requirements

Publication date :

May 2019

Event name :

International Conference on Software Engineering

Event organizer :

IEEE/ACM

Event place :

Montreal, Canada

Event date :

from 25-05-2019 to 31-05-2019

Main work title :

2019 IEEE/ACM 41st International Conference on Software Engineering

Publisher :

IEEE, United States

Peer reviewed :

Peer reviewed

Focus Area :

Security, Reliability and Trust

European Projects :

H2020 - 694277 - TUNE - Testing the Untestable: Model Testing of Complex Software-Intensive Systems

FnR Project :

FNR11213850 - Enhanced Daily Living And Health 2 – An Incentive Based Service, 2015 (01/06/2016-30/11/2018) - Lionel Briand

Funders :

CE - Commission Européenne
Union Européenne

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