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Software testing and maintenance tools must yield widely accepted assurance information in a standardized form. We can then use this information as evidence to make a case assuring us that the software is adequate for its use and secure enough for the risk.
Conference Title
IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance
Black, P.
(2006),
Software Assurance During Maintenance, IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=50628
(Accessed October 2, 2025)