ESEIW 2024
Sun 20 - Fri 25 October 2024 Barcelona, Spain

Background: Recent years have seen a surge in cyber-attacks, which can be prevented or mitigated using software security activities. OWASP SAMM is a maturity model providing a versatile way for companies to assess their security posture and plan for improvements. Objective: We perform an initial SAMM assessment in collaboration with a company in the financial domain. Our objective is to assess a holistic inventory of the company security-related activities, focusing on how different roles perform the assessment and how they perceive the instrument used in the process. Methodology: We perform a case study to collect data using SAMM in a lightweight and novel manner through assessment using an online survey with 17 participants and a focus group with seven participants. Results: We show that different roles perceive maturity differently and that the two assessments deviate only for specific practices making the lightweight approach a viable and efficient solution in industrial practice. Our results indicate that the questions included in the SAMM assessment tool are answered easily and confidently across most roles. Discussion: Our results suggest that companies can productively use a lightweight SAMM assessment. We provide nine lessons learned for guiding industrial practitioners in the evaluation of their current security posture as well as for academics wanting to utilize SAMM as a research tool in industrial settings.

Fri 25 Oct

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11:00 - 12:30
11:00
20m
Full-paper
An Investigation of How Software Developers Read Machine Learning Code
ESEM Technical Papers
Thomas Weber LMU Munich, Christina Winiker LMU Munich, Sven Mayer LMU Munich
11:20
20m
Full-paper
What Makes Programmers Laugh? Exploring the Submissions of the Subreddit r/ProgrammerHumor.
ESEM Technical Papers
Miikka Kuutila Dalhousie University, Leevi Rantala University of Oulu, Junhao Li University of Oulu, Simo Hosio University of Oulu, Mika Mäntylä University of Helsinki and University of Oulu
Pre-print
11:40
20m
Full-paper
An Exploratory Study on Soft Skills present in Software Positions in Cyprus: a quasi-Replication Study
ESEM Technical Papers
Georgia Kapitsaki University of Cyprus, Loukas Chatzivasili University of Cyprus, Maria Papoutsoglou University of Cyprus, Matthias Galster University of Canterbury
12:00
15m
Vision and Emerging Results
Effective Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Software Development Teams
ESEM Emerging Results, Vision and Reflection Papers Track
Thayssa Rocha Zup Innovation & UFPA, Cleidson de Souza Federal University of Pará Belém, Luciano Teran Universidade Federal do Pará, Marcelle Mota Universidade Federal do Pará
12:15
15m
Journal Early-Feedback
Evaluating software security maturity using OWASP SAMM: Different approaches and stakeholders perceptions
ESEM Journal-First Papers
Davide Fucci Blekinge Institute of Technology, Emil Alégroth Blekinge Institute of Technology, Michael Felderer German Aerospace Center (DLR) & University of Cologne, Christoffer Johannesson Ericsson AB
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