Building Assured Systems Framework (BASF)

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The BASF can help you evaluate research and development methods for building assured systems by helping you solve these common questions:

How do I decide which security methods fit into a specific life-cycle activity?
How do I know if a specific security method is sufficiently mature for me to use on my projects?
When should I take a chance on a security research approach that has not been widely used?
What actions can I take when I have no approach or method for prioritizing and selecting new research or when promising research appears to be unrelated to other research in the field?

Read an overview (pdf) of recent research accomplishments and future goals in this area from the 2010 CERT Research Report.

Learn more about this work in the technical report Building Assured Systems Framework (pdf).

Last updated December 12, 2011