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PUBLICATIONS

Software Assurance Tools: Web Application Security Scanner Functional Specification Version 1.0

Published

Author(s)

Paul E. Black, Elizabeth N. Fong, Vadim Okun, Romain Gaucher

Abstract

Software assurance tools are a fundamental resource for providing an assurance argument for today's software applications throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC). Software requirements, design models, source code, and executable code are analyzed by tools in order to determine if an application is secure. This document specifies the functional behavior of one class of software assurance tool: the web application security scanner tool. Due to the wide spread use of the World Wide Web and proliferation of web application vulnerabilities, application level web security and assurance requires major attention. This specification defines a minimum capability to help software professionals understand how a tool will meet their software assurance needs.
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 500-269
Report Number
500-269
NIST Pub Series
Special Publication (NIST SP)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.500-269

Keywords

Homeland security, software assurance, software assurance tools, specification, vulnerability, web application, web application security scanner tool
Conformance testing

Citation

Black, P. , Fong, E. , Okun, V. and Gaucher, R. (2008), Software Assurance Tools: Web Application Security Scanner Functional Specification Version 1.0, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.500-269 (Accessed October 20, 2025)

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Created February 14, 2008, Updated January 27, 2020
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