Towards a Definitive Paradigm for Security in Object-Oriented Systems and Applications

The utilization of the object-oriented approach to design and develop systems/applications has continued to increase throughout the 1990s. Security concerned users and organizations must now protect and control access to object-oriented systems and applications. This paper frames a paradigm for security in object-oriented systems and applications by addressing the following: Shouldn't security be elevated to a rst-class partner throughout the entire design and development process? What will be the role of existing approaches to security? What characteristics of the object-oriented approach should in uence the approach to its security? How will assurance and consistency be attained during the de nition, usage, and evolution