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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>--- English version below ---<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Liebe KollegInnen der Fachgruppe Architekturen,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>wir von der Lehr- und Forschungsgruppe Softwarekonstruktion an der RWTH Aachen fhren derzeit eine Umfrage durch, um erste Erkenntnisse zu einem neuartigen Ansatz zur Modellierung von Sicherheitsarchitekturen (SCAM – Security-Centric Architecture Modeling) zu gewinnen.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Das Ziel des SCAM-Ansatzes ist es, Sicherheitsarchitekturbeschreibungen als integralen Bestandteil allgemeiner Softwarearchitekturbeschreibungen zu erhalten und die kognitive Komplexitt der resultierenden Architekturmodelle durch untersttzende Visualisierungsanstze gering zu halten. Damit wollen wir die Sicherheit auf der Architekturebene verstndlicher – und damit wartbarer – machen, insbesondere fr Nicht-SicherheitsexpertInnen. Unsere Vision dazu haben wir auf der International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA) im Jahr 2024 verffentlicht. Diese Studie baut auf dieser Vision auf.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Mit dieser Studie mchten wir frhzeitig im Entwicklungsprozess wichtige Erkenntnisse ber die Strken und Schwchen dieses Ansatzes gewinnen, damit wir diese in die Entwicklung eines Proof of Concept einflieen lassen knnen.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Der Fragebogen ist bis zum 1. Mai unter folgendem Link auf Deutsch und Englisch verfgbar: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.soscisurvey.de/bt-gawdi2026/"><span lang=DE>https://www.soscisurvey.de/bt-gawdi2026/</span></a></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Die Teilnahme dauert etwa 15 Minuten und ist anonym. Um die Qualitt der erhobenen Daten zu gewhrleisten, empfehlen wir, den Fragebogen in einer ruhigen Umgebung auf einem PC oder Tablet auszufllen und dabei keine anderen Ttigkeiten auszuben.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Fr die Teilnahme sind Grundkenntnisse im Lesen von UML-Modellen erforderlich. Sicherheitskenntnisse sind nicht notwendig und werden im Fragebogen bercksichtigt.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Jede Teilnahme ist eine groe Untersttzung fr unsere Studie!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Bitte leiten Sie den Link zur Umfrage auch an Software- und Architektur-ExpertInnen in Ihrem Netzwerk weiter!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Vielen Dank fr Ihre Untersttzung!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Mit freundlichen Gren,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Alex R. Mattukat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>--- English version ---<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dear colleagues in the Architecture expert group,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We, from the Research Group Software Construction at RWTH Aachen University, are currently conducting a survey to gather initial insights into a novel security architecture modeling approach (SCAM – Security-Centric Architecture Modeling).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The goal of the SCAM approach is to maintain security architecture descriptions as an integral part of general software architecture descriptions and to keep the cognitive complexity of the resulting architecture models low through supportive visualization approaches. In doing so, we aim to make security at the architectural level more understandable—and thus more maintainable—especially for non-security experts. We published our vision for this at the International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA) in 2024. This study builds upon that vision.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>With this study, we hope to identify key insights into the strengths and weaknesses of this approach early in the development process so that we can incorporate them into the development of a proof of concept.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The questionnaire is available in German and English until May 1 at the following link: <a href="https://www.soscisurvey.de/bt-gawdi2026/">https://www.soscisurvey.de/bt-gawdi2026/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Participation takes about 15 minutes and is anonymous. To ensure the quality of the collected data, we recommend filling out the questionnaire in a quiet environment on a PC or tablet and not engaging in any other activities while doing so.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Basic knowledge of reading UML models is required to participate. Security knowledge is not necessary and will be taken into account in the questionnaire.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Every participation greatly supports our study!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Please also share the survey link software and architecture experts in your network!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Thank you for your support!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Alex R. Mattukat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:#2000'>--</span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:#2000'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:#2000'>Alex Mattukat n Sabau<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:#2000'>Research Assistant<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:#2000'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:#2000'>Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:#2000'>SWC - Computer Science 3 Research Group Software Construction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:#2000'>RWTH Aachen University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:#2000'>Ahornstrae 55<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:#2000'>D-52074 Aachen, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:#2000'>phone: +49 241 80-21366<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:#2000'>fax: +49 241 80-621331<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:#2000'><a href="mailto:mattukat@swc.rwth-aachen.de"><span style='color:#0563C1'>mattukat@swc.rwth-aachen.de</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:#2000'><a href="http://www.swc.rwth-aachen.de/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://www.swc.rwth-aachen.de</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:#2000'>room: 4105a (building E1, 1st floor)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>