CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering. Volume 23, Number 2, March/April 2010

Abstract

Systems assurance is a matter of strategic concern to our nation's security; one the DHS takes very seriously. Fundamentally, it is the concerted effort to ensure that users have the highest level of confidence possible in their critical systems and data. In other words, systems assurance is the integrated effort to enhance user confidence in the safety, security, reliability, availability, and maintainability of processes and products. A number of factors impact the user community's confidence, including standards setting, procedures development, regulations, and specific verification and certification criterion.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA533791

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  • Drew Brown
  • Kasey Thompson

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  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Space

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  • Agile Software Development
  • Air Force
  • Application Software
  • Computer Program Documentation
  • Computer Program Reliability
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Cybersecurity
  • Denial Of Service Attack
  • Information Systems
  • National Security
  • Software Development
  • Software Testing
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
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