diff --git a/tests/unit-tests/security/v2/trust-anchor-container.t.cpp b/tests/unit-tests/security/v2/trust-anchor-container.t.cpp
index 30749ac..efd6ca3 100644
--- a/tests/unit-tests/security/v2/trust-anchor-container.t.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit-tests/security/v2/trust-anchor-container.t.cpp
@@ -46,16 +46,15 @@
 public:
   AnchorContainerTestFixture()
   {
-    boost::filesystem::create_directory(boost::filesystem::path(UNIT_TEST_CONFIG_PATH));
+    namespace fs = boost::filesystem;
 
-    certDirPath = boost::filesystem::path(UNIT_TEST_CONFIG_PATH) / std::string("test-cert-dir");
-    boost::filesystem::create_directory(certDirPath);
+    fs::create_directory(fs::path(UNIT_TEST_CONFIG_PATH));
 
-    certPath1 = boost::filesystem::path(UNIT_TEST_CONFIG_PATH) /
-      std::string("test-cert-dir") / std::string("trust-anchor-1.cert");
+    certDirPath = fs::path(UNIT_TEST_CONFIG_PATH) / "test-cert-dir";
+    fs::create_directory(certDirPath);
 
-    certPath2 = boost::filesystem::path(UNIT_TEST_CONFIG_PATH) /
-      std::string("test-cert-dir") / std::string("trust-anchor-2.cert");
+    certPath1 = fs::path(UNIT_TEST_CONFIG_PATH) / "test-cert-dir" / "trust-anchor-1.cert";
+    certPath2 = fs::path(UNIT_TEST_CONFIG_PATH) / "test-cert-dir" / "trust-anchor-2.cert";
 
     identity1 = addIdentity("/TestAnchorContainer/First");
     cert1 = identity1.getDefaultKey().getDefaultCertificate();
diff --git a/tests/unit-tests/security/v2/validator-config/rule.t.cpp b/tests/unit-tests/security/v2/validator-config/rule.t.cpp
index 6c2e631..bb78dfe 100644
--- a/tests/unit-tests/security/v2/validator-config/rule.t.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit-tests/security/v2/validator-config/rule.t.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2017 Regents of the University of California.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2018 Regents of the University of California.
  *
  * This file is part of ndn-cxx library (NDN C++ library with eXperimental eXtensions).
  *
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@
 
 BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE_TEMPLATE(FilterAndChecker, PktType, PktTypes, RuleFixture<PktType::value>)
 {
-  std::string config = std::string("") + R"CONF(
+  std::string config = R"CONF(
       id rule-id
-      for )CONF" + (PktType::value == tlv::Data ? "data" : "interest") + R"CONF(
+      for )CONF" + (PktType::value == tlv::Data ? "data"s : "interest"s) + R"CONF(
       filter
       {
         type name