¹Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes/Centro de Ciencias Básicas, Aguascalientes, México
²University of Ontario Institute of Technology/2000 Simcoe St. N. Oshawa, L1H7K4, Canada
³Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez/Dep. de Ingeniería Eléctrica y Computación, CD. Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico

---

Abstract—A specification is provided in this paper to assist in the design of usable and secure web-services. In particular, this specification helps design an adequate security information feedback based on User Interface Patterns, the resulting visual feedback is then evaluated against a set of design/evaluation criteria called Human- Computer Interaction for Security (HCI-S). In addition we propose in a theoretical manner including the knowledge offered by the proposed specification based on patterns in a new level for the architectural structure of WS-Security specification, which is currently one of the most popular specifications to establish secure web services.

Index Terms—User feedback, HCI-S, WS-Security, usability, secure web services, design patterns.

[PDF]

Cite: Ricardo Mendoza González, Miguel Vargas Martin, Jaime Muñoz Arteaga, Francisco J. Álvarez Rodríguez, Carlos A. Ochoa Ortíz Zezzatti, "Web Service-Security Specification based on Usability Criteria and Pattern Approach," Journal of Computers vol. 4, no. 8, pp. 705-712, 2009.