Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE Glossary Definition

Finding More Information about SwA

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• "Build Security In" (BSI) Web site, by U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) National Cyber Security Division's (NCSD)
• "Build Security In" (BSI) Web site: “Software Supply Chain Risk Management & Due Diligence” Software Assurance Pocket Guide Series: Acquisition & Outsourcing, Volume II Version 1.2, June 16, 2009, by U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) National Cyber Security Division's (NCSD)
• Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE™), a list of standardized vulnerability names
• Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE™)
• Common Weakness Scoring System (CWSS™)
• Common Weakness Risk Analysis Framework (CWRAF™)
• Software Assurance Metrics and Tool Evaluation (SAMATE) project, by National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST)
• Software Assurance (SwA) Pocket Guide Series, by U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) National Cyber Security Division's (NCSD)
• Software Assurance (SwA) Web site, by U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) National Cyber Security Division's (NCSD)
• Static Analysis Tool Exposition (SATE), National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) research effort conducted for the improvement of static analysis tools that find security-relevant defects in source code, by National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST)
• System Assurance (SysA) Task Force, by Object Management Group (OMG)
• SwA Program, Software Assurance Communities, by U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) National Cyber Security Division's (NCSD)