Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) Risk Evaluation Categories

Abstract

This document is intended to be used by any commercial or government organization that is looking to acquire a commercial off the shelf (COTS) product. It contains risk categories which, based on SEI experience, are always present when purchasing a COTS product. For each category there is a description of the risk along with a recommended risk evaluation criterion. Each criterion should be tailored to the organizations requirements and intended use of the COTS product.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 23, 2020
Accession Number
AD1090436

Entities

People

  • Eric Ferguson
  • Harry Levinson
  • Julie Cohen

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Availability
  • Contracts
  • Copyrights
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Guarantees
  • Homeland Security
  • Interoperability
  • Materials
  • National Governments
  • Relational Database Management Systems
  • Reliability
  • Risk
  • Security
  • Software Development
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Universities
  • Vulnerability

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).