ID: 1013 Status: Draft
Weaknesses in this category are related to the design and architecture of data confidentiality in a system. Frequently these deal with the use of encryption libraries. The weaknesses in this category could lead to a degradation of the quality data encyprtion if they are not addressed when designing or implementing a secure architecture.
REF-9 A Catalog of Security Architecture Weaknesses. REF-10 Understanding Software Vulnerabilities Related to Architectural Security Tactics: An Empirical Investigation of Chromium, PHP and Thunderbird.