The thesis presents a novel, tool-supported model-driven methodology for developing secure data-management applications. With the methodology defined, developers proceed by modeling three different views of the desired application: its data model, security model, and GUI model. These models formalize respectively the application’s data domain, authorization policy, and its graphical interface together with its behavior. Afterwards a model-transformation function automatically lifts the policy specified by the security model to the GUI model. Finally, a code generator automatically generates a multi-tier application, along with all support for access control, from the security-aware GUI model. Miguel Ángel García de Dios was advised by IMDEA Software Institute faculty member Manuel Clavel and obtained his degree from Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
