Stereotypes
UML allows you to extend and customize its standard notations and semantics through stereotypes. Stereotypes are a way to add domain-specific or application-specific information to your UML models. When representing security requirements in UML, you can use stereotypes to indicate specific security-related elements or aspects within your diagrams. Developers use common stereotypes, but it is essential to realize you can build your own and are not limited to the common ones. Here are some common UML stereotypes and how they can be used to represent security requirements:
<<security>>
: This stereotype can be applied to various UML elements to indicate that they have security implications. Here are some examples:- A class with
<<security>>
stereotype might imply that it contains sensitive data or requires access control - A use case with
<<security>>
stereotype may indicate that it involves authentication or authorization
- A class with
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