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An investigation of security conversations in stack overflow: perceptions of security and community involvement
Date
2018
Abstract
Developers turn to Stack Overflow and other on-line sources to find solutions to security problems, but little is known about how they engage with and guide one another in these environments or the perceptions of software security this may encourage. This study joins recent calls to understand more about how developers use Internet sources to solve security problems. Using qualitative methods, a set of questions within the security channel of Stack Overflow were selected and examined for themes. Preliminary findings reveal more about this community of practitioners: who are the askers and commenters, how security questions are asked and how developers frame technical information using social and experience-based perceptions of security.
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Description
peer-reviewed
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery
Citation
SEAD '18 Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Security Awareness from Design to Deployment;pp.26-32
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Funding Information
European Research Council (ERC)
Sustainable Development Goals
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Type
Meetings and Proceedings
Rights
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/