Software Security Assurance: A State-of-Art Report (SAR)

Abstract

This Information Assurance Technology Analysis Center (IATAC) State-of-the-Art (SOAR) describes the current "state-of-the-art" in software security assurance. It provides an overview of the current state of the environment in which defense and national security software must operate then surveys current and emerging activities and organizations involved in promoting various aspects of software security assurance. The SDAR also describes the variety of techniques and technologies in use in government, industry, and academia for specifying, acquiring, producing, assessing, and deploying software that can, with a justifiable degree of confidence, be said to be secure. Finally, the SOAR presents observations about noteworthy trends in software security assurance as a discipline.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 31, 2007
Accession Number
ADA472363

Entities

People

  • Elaine Fedchak
  • Holly L. Mckinley
  • Karen M. Goertzel
  • Lyndon J. Oh
  • Michael Colon
  • Robert Vienneau
  • Theodore Winograd
  • Thomas Mcgibbon

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agile Software Development
  • Application Software
  • Computer Program Documentation
  • Computer Program Reliability
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Cybersecurity
  • Information Systems
  • Network Science
  • Operating Systems
  • Security Protocols
  • Software Design
  • Software Development Tools
  • Software Metrics
  • Software Testing
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Software Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design