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Software Assurance During Maintenance

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Author(s)

Paul E. Black

Abstract

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
Pub Type
Conferences

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Keywords

assurance case, assurance evidence, automated software engineering, homeland security, software maintenance

Citation

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 24, 2025)

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Created September 1, 2006, Updated January 27, 2020
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