Presenter: Sayeed Sajal
Authors: Marc Mangum
Faculty Advisor: Sayeed Sajal
Institution: Utah Valley University
Is a secure design architecture worth the time and money? The world is moving further towards digital storage databases, online programs, and working from home. These features may be enticing but, they do come with more security risks. We suggest a secured design for any program due to these circumstances. A secured method is not an “add-on or tool that you can add to the software.” We should do a secure design before implementing your program and follow through with test cases. This research will go through the initial design processes, examples of security architecture benefits and uses, options for revamping a system that was not built based on security architecture, and cost/time to implement the secured architecture. In this context, a secure design would ensure that time is taken beforehand to plan out security measures and implement them as the program is being built compared to going through afterward and patching security into the program where it is needed. To test the hypothesis on the importance of security design architecture, an examination of security breaches and causes will be conducted. After reviewing the information from this examination, it will determine if the breach could have been evaded with a more secure design. The resulting costs to the company in damage done will be compared with the costs of a secure design. To conclude the research, the opinions and results of testing will be evaluated. Then we can determine if the time and costs are worth the security measures for any business. This will provide a clear understanding of the importance of security design architecture; along with, clearing up any misconceptions with the process and interpretation of how to implement security design in a professional environment.