Abstract
This article introduces the use of security patterns as a teaching aid to help software engineering students better understand and solve security problems. With the wide spread use of various applications in different domains and industries security is a growing problem that requires swift address. The lack of knowledge about security and vulnerabilities is a primary problem facing society today. It is important to educate future software engineers from early on, by introducing them to practical methods to solve security problems. Introducing security patterns in the software engineering projects offer students hands-on experience and exposure in solving security problems. The objective is to show the relationship between the different levels of the the engineering process to develop applications showing how various design and security patterns can be integrated. A comprehensive security focused software engineering outline is provided, that can be adapted for different software engineering projects with a strong emphasis on security.
