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security partners that two draft and address means to improve have a body of knowledge, software
documents are being released by the capabilities to routinely develop and assurance has not had a formal source
Department of Homeland Security deploy quality and trustworthy for educators to create curriculum. This
(DHS) for comment prior to publication: software. In furtherance of those goals, document is intended to fill that need.
• Security in the Software Lifecycle— DHS established the Software Assurance The information in these documents
Intended to assist application software Program. is not intended to represent a standard
developers and project managers in The DHS Software Assurance Program or policy mandate by DHS. On the
defining a strategy to produce more is grounded in the National Strategy to contrary, the documents represent a
secure software. Secure Cyberspace issued by President collection of consensus-based, ‘‘sound
• Secure Software Assurance— Bush in February 2003. DHS began the practices’’ derived from across
Common Body of Knowledge—Intended Software Assurance Program as a focal government, industry, and academia,
to assist college-level educators and point to partner with the private sector, both in the U.S. and abroad. As such,
private industry trainers in creating a academia, and other government they should be seen primarily as tools
curriculum for software assurance. agencies in order to improve software for educating developers and software
ADDRESSES: If you would like to review development and acquisition processes. project managers.
the draft Security in the Software The Program seeks to reduce software DHS will consider all timely and
Lifecycle and the draft Secure Software vulnerabilities, minimize exploitation, pertinent comments received prior to
Assurance—Common Body of and address means to improve finalizing these documents.
Knowledge you may access the capabilities to routinely develop and Dated: January 23, 2006.
documents and the comment forms deploy quality and trustworthy software
Robert B. Stephan,
through one of the following methods: products—enabling more resilient assets
Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure
• Build Security In Web site: http:// within the critical infrastructure.
Protection.
buildsecurityin.us-cert.gov—click on DHS developed the following
comprehensive approach to address [FR Doc. E6–1346 Filed 1–31–06; 8:45 am]
‘‘Additional Resources’’ Tab. The
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