1、continuedTECHNICAL PAPER ABSTRACTS:Software Assurance Testing:A Market SurveySteve MackieWyle Laboratories,Aerospace Group,Arlington,VirginiaThe consumer software industry today lacks any standards for software assurance.This mar-ket survey examines the readiness of the commercial software testing l
2、aboratory market to testsoftware to a standard of assurance when such a standard is established.This article points outthe relative immaturity of the consumer software market,lack of government oversight,andthe lack of adequate laboratory accreditation programs to manage software testing laboratorya
3、ccreditations.Despite these market shortfalls,there are encouraging signs of market maturitywith the development of tailored personnel training and certification programs,automatedtesting tools,and the promotion of state-of-the-test-industry methods and best practices.According to the Committee on N
4、ational Security Systems Instruction No.4009,“NationalInformation Assurance Glossary,”Revised 2006,“Software Assurance is defined as the level ofconfidence that software is free from vulnerabilities,either intentionally designed into the soft-ware or accidentally inserted at any time during its life
