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MDA-Security with ArcStyler



Generating high-end security from standard UML Models

One of the advantages of the ArcStyler's approach to Model Driven Architecture (MDA) is that models can be used to derive and automatically generate other models and their target infrastructure. Security is a typical area where the full potential of the MDA approach becomes readily visible. The ArcStyler® MDA-Security™ Cartridge captures the extremely rare and valuable skills of security experts and makes them easily usable by persons who need to deliver secure systems but who do not have years to invest in becoming security experts. This works in a way similar to the other architectural skills packaged by the ArcStyler: High-level UML models are flexibly enhanced and configured with verified security features based on SecureUML™, a well-formed modeling style especially developed to augment system and application models with precise security schemes. From these models, ArcStyler generates complete high-quality infrastructure for diverse environments such as J2EE/EJB, Web Services, .NET. This approach clearly exhibits the power of an Architectural IDE to remove major problems at their source. An organization can now assure that well-engineered security schemes are used consistently across all systems, reducing the cost and risk of effective security by orders of magnitude.

Features of the ArcStyler MDA-Security™ Cartridge:

  • SecureUML™ is a flexible UML modeling style for authentication, role-based access control, authorization constraints
  • Support for Web and J2EE/EJB applications
  • Complete mapping for leading J2EE/EJB application servers based on CARAT™, ArcStyler's MDA-CARtridge ArchiTecture
  • MDA Verifiers and security design checkers at UML model level
  • Graphical MDA-Security™ Designer
  • Built-in extensibility for rapid adaptation to special requirements or to support diverse third-party security products

Benefits:

  • Reduces the cost and risk of effective security by orders of magnitude
  • Readily available, verified standard security schemes for e-government and e-business applications
  • Representation of security policies at a high level of abstraction ("see what you mean")
  • High-level verification of security precision, quality, consistency
  • Visual configuration of business and security capabilities of the system in UML
  • Rapid implementation of new security requirements
  • Quick integration of new security infrastructure and products

MDA-Security Guide (pdf/english)
MDA-Security Presentation (pdf/english)

More Information

For more information on MDA-Security with ArcStyler, please contact sales@interactive-objects.com.