Proceedings of Defining the State of the Art in Software Security Tools Workshop

Published

August 1, 2005

Author(s)

Paul E. Black, Elizabeth N. Fong

Abstract

This proceeding is the result of a workshop held on August 10 and 11, 2005 hosted by the Software Diagnostics and Conformance Testing Division, Information Technology Laboratory, at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The workshop, Defining the State of the Art in Software Security Tools, is one of a series in the NIST Software Assurance Measurement and Tool Evaluation (SAMATE) project, which is partially funded by DHS to help identify and enhance software security assurance (SSA) tools. The goal of this workshop is to understand the state of the art of SSA tools that detect security flaws and vulnerabilities and develop a standard reference dataset of programs with known flaws. 45 people from outside NIST attended, including representatives from the federal government (NSF, FDA, NSA, DoD and DHS), seven universities, more than a dozen tool vendors and service providers, and many research companies.

Citation

Special Publication (NIST SP) - 500-264

Report Number

500-264

NIST Pub Series

Special Publication (NIST SP)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.500-264

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Keywords

reference dataset, Software assessment tools, software assurance, software metrics, software security, vulnerability

Citation

Black, P. and Fong, E. (2005), Proceedings of Defining the State of the Art in Software Security Tools Workshop, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.500-264, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=150399 (Accessed April 29, 2026)

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