The Role of expertise on code review for security: an eye tracking study

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Kaplan, Utku

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To improve the quality of the software and find security vulnerabilities, code review is usually performed during software development activities. The experience of software developers reviewing the code may affect the quality of the code review. This study investigates whether differences between novices and experts in the detection of vulnerabilities in the code can be identified by eye tracking. Participants’ eye movements were recorded by an eye tracker while they investigated program codes for security review. The experiment was carried out with 20 programmer participants. The results showed that eye tracking can be used to identify the differences between the code review of novices and experts.

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Source code (Computer science)., Software protection., Computer security., Data protection., Eye tracking.

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12623031/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/27989

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Graduate School of Informatics, Thesis

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U. Kaplan, “The Role of expertise on code review for security: an eye tracking study,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2019.