Scholarship for service sfs program, which offers scholarships to outstanding undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students in exchange for government service to a federal agency. Software assurance marketplace swamp homeland security. A historical perspective of community collaboration. The software assurance swa competency model was developed to support the following uses. The goal of the program is to enhance the security of software by providing software assurance swa researchers, tool developers, tool. Software assurance is the natural progression from developing security programs and assessing risk to improving software development security practices. Software assurance is a comprehensive volume licensing program that includes a unique set of technologies, services, and rights to help you deploy, manage, and. The program identifies, funds, and coordinates cyber security research and development resulting in deployable security solutions. Citizants quality assurance qa function is integrated across the eagle ii program through practices that plan and incorporate quality standards and monitor quality indicators. Dhs will facilitate a national publicprivate effort to promulgate best practices and methodologies that promote integrity, security, and reliability in. Software project management for software assurance 5a.
Data editing and quality assurance one of the primary goals of the dhs program is to produce highquality data and make it available for analysis in a coherent and consistent form. Dhs began the software assurance swa program as a focal point to partner with the private sector, academia, and other government agencies in order to improve software development and acquisition processes. The dhs model and the swa competency model described here are compared in appendix a. Sat, february 09, 2019 released 31 january 2018 washington, d. Grounded in the national strategy to secure cyberspace, the department of homeland securitys dhs software. The test cases, known as buginjector cases, improve software by enabling developers to evaluate their.
The software assurance program of the department of homeland security s national cyber security division cosponsors software and supply chain assurance ssca forums. Software assurance programs partner center microsoft docs. Software assurance curriculum projectseeing the need for advanced education in software assurance and education for acquirers of assured software, the department of homeland security dhs directed the sei in 2009 to develop a curriculum for a master of software assurance mswa degree program. Link support services program quality assurance specialist 00179168 applicants who do not apply using the dhsjobs link provided above will not be considered. Northport, new york, june 7, 20 secure decisions, a division of applied visions and developer of visual analytic tools for software assurance and cyber security, has received a small business innovative research sbir phase i award under a us department of homeland security dhs program. Software assurance in the agile software development lifecycle. M2mi to participate in the software assurance program from. As a software assurance training vouchers partner, microsoft will compensate you to provide instructorled, technical classroom training developed by microsoft experts. These users require a high level of confidence that commercial software is as secure as possible, something only achieved when software is created using best practices for secure software development.
Our programs provide the government performancebased services, security engineering, software development, systems engineering, identity and access management, information assurance, asset management, it facility buildouts, service desk, project management, network engineering, disaster recoverycontinuity of operations, and more. We are determined to keep interruptions to our operations to a minimum, and we appreciate your patience during this time. It can also be used by universities to align course content with skills needed in industry, and it can be used by industry to help employee professional growth as well as to screen prospective employees. Use multiple tools to regularly scan software at or download swampinabox for onpremises software assurance. The dhs software assurance program is grounded in the national strategy to secure cyberspace issued by president bush in february 2003. The agency is a certified program under one of the following program standards. In order for the datasets to be clean and as comparable as possible across all surveys, the dhs program generates standard recode datasets, which contain the same data as the raw datasets, but in a standardized format. Department of homeland security to promote integrity, security, and reliability in software collaboratively advancing strategies to mitigate software supply chain risks 30 july 2009 joe jarzombek, pmp, csslp director for software assurance national cyber security division office of the assistant. Authors thomas mcgibbon, elaine fedchak, robert vienneau 5d. Advances security and resilience of software throughout. Application security testing, software assurance secure. Swqa aims to make improvements in the following ways. Assurance glossary, revised 2006, defines software assurance as. The department of homeland security dhs software assurance program is grounded in the national strategy to secure cyberspace which indicates.
The swamp is a publicly available, open source, nocost service for continuous software assurance and static code analysis. Candidates can view current dhs cybersecurity job opportunities by searching dhs jobs on usajobs and typing cyber in the keyword field. The software assurance program provides resources to encourage cyber resilience. Dhs software assurance program structure july 28, 2006 statement of george foresman, dhs undersecretary for preparedness, before the u. If you do not have microsoft office, you can use microsoft office viewers or open office software to open and read the documents. To that end, dhs science and technology directorate deployed kryptowires mobile app software assurance tools, a cloudbased research and development system for assessing risk, analyzing vulnerabilities and archiving mobile applications. By providing researchers, tool developers, tool users and educators who train our workforce a suite of secure and dependable analysis services, swamp aims to reduce the number of vulnerabilities deployed in new. Consistent with the federal governments deployment of information security continuous monitoring iscm, the continuous diagnostics and mitigation cdm program is a dynamic approach to fortifying the cybersecurity of government networks and systems. The software quality assurance sqa project develops tools and techniques for analyzing software to identify potential security vulnerabilities associated with. Specifically, this project addresses fundamental challenges with software security analysis and flaws in software code development.
Contract number sp070098d4000 a dacs state of the art report 5b. Persons providing mental health or substance abuse treatment services via telehealth must be a rostered staff member of one of these certified. Program management system and communications protection system and information integrity. Perform independent, objective assurance and consulting. In an attempt to overcome both of these hurdles, this paper presents a software assurance approach that is tightly woven into the agile software development lifecycle and emphasizes the benefits that agile development best practices can have on the security posture of a software system. Software assurance is especially important for organizations critical to public safety and economic and national security. Through publicprivate partnerships, the software assurance program framework shapes a. The stamp project is a revolutionary approach to modernizing and advancing the capabilities of static analysis tools. Software assurance is a strategic initiative of the us department of homeland security dhs to promote integrity, security, and reliability in software. Programs not receiving funding through the child care assistance program must be in compliance with the administrative rules defined by the department of human services for the program areas identified below. Software assurance swa is the level of confidence that soft ware is free from vulnerabilities, either intentionally designed into the software or accidentally inserted at any time during its life cycle, and that the software functions in the intended manner. Software assurance is a strategic initiative of the u.
Department of homeland security dhs to promote integrity, security, and reliability in software. The software assurance marketplace swamp is a nocost, highperformance computing platform for continuous software assurance using software analysis. The program manager pm has overall authority and responsibility for the delivery of high quality services for eagle ii. Code dhs 34, 35, 36, 40, 61, 63, or 75 except for the provision of opioid treatment under dhs 75. Software assurance using structured assurance case models. The pm, in his role as the central point of contact for dhs, is accountable directly to the giti ceo and to the dhs cotr and co for all quality related issues on the contract.
It helps dhs accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate the effectiveness of risk management, internal control, and. Software assurance microsoft partner 500 equivalent. A comprehensive program that includes a unique set of technologies, services, and rights to help deploy, manage, and use microsoft products efficiently, software assurance helps keep your business up to date and ready to respond quickly to change and opportunity. As a planning services partner, microsoft will compensate you to lead predefined implementation planning engagements.
The dhs program makes the resulting survey datasets freely available to researchers, policy and decision makers. Software assurance a full transcript of the dhs cybersecurity jobs video, including all audio and visual information, can be found here. The software assurance marketplace swamp provides a national marketplace of continuous software assurance capabilities for software assurance swa. Homeland security department seeks software assurance. The software assurance marketplace swamp provides a national marketplace of continuous software assurance capabilities for software assurance swa researchers and developers. It is the responsibility of the passe ombudsman office to ensure that compassion, respect, trust, and integrity all core values of the arkansas department of human servicesdhsare demonstrated in resolving issues or complaints from beneficiaries who are passe members. Software assurance benefits microsoft volume licensing.
Software assurance swa is the level of confidence that software is free from vulnerabilities, either intentionally designed into the software or accidentally inserted at any time during its life cycle, and that the software functions in the intended manner. Microsoft volume licensing microsoft software assurance. The test cases, known as buginjector cases, improve software by enabling. The program covers microsoft technologies and services and includes new product version rights, technical and enduser training, deployment planning, and support. These solutions include user identity and data privacy technologies, end system security, research infrastructure, law enforcement forensic capabilities, secure protocols, software assurance, and cybersecurity. May 24, 2010 software assurance software assurance 1. Download vlsc software assurance guide from official. Software assurance swa is defined as the level of confidence that software is free from vulnerabilities, either intentionally designed into the software or accidentally inserted at any time during its lifecycle, and that the software functions in the intended manner. The software assurance marketplace swamp is a national marketplace hosted by the department of homeland security dhs that provides continuous software assurance capabilities to researchers and developers. Consistent with cdc guidance, most office of inspector general employees are currently serving the american people remotely. Build security in was a collaborative effort that provided practices, tools, guidelines, rules, principles, and other resources that software developers, architects, and security practitioners can use to build security into software in every phase of its development. Software assurance a strategic initiative of the u. Software assurance professional competency model dhs focuses on 10 swa specialty areas e.
Department of homeland security dhs and other employers of swa personnel with a means to assess the swa capabilities of current and potential employees. Department of homeland security dhs and other employers of swa per sonnel with a means to assess the swa capabilities of current and potential employees. Speak with a total recall software solutions expert today please complete this form and a dhs representative will contact you to discuss how we can help thanks for filling out form, one of our industry experts will be reaching out to you by using the provided information. Subsequently, dhs enlisted the carnegie mellon software engineering institute. For employees to take advantage of the microsoft home use program discount, they need a valid corporate email address and an active microsoft account, and the organization will need to meet one of the following criteria.
A developing collection of modules for learning basic to advanced secure coding. Department of homeland security is seeking participants for the software assurance marketplace swamp, which is expected to open to beta users in january. Within the some organizations this is one aspect of a system certification and accreditation, but another approach, which is fairly new but promising is with an assurance case. The table below lists additional opportunities not posted to usajobs. Dhsdfcs social services program quality assurance specialist. Secure decisions is currently engaged in a dhs funded phase ii sbir program entitled code ray. Demographic surveys in developing countries are prone to incomplete or partial reporting of responses. Sfs is designed to increase and strengthen the cadre of federal information assurance professionals that protect the governments critical.
The software quality assurance sqa project develops tools and techniques for analyzing software to identify potential security vulnerabilities associated with critical national infrastructure and networks. This paper describes a software assurance competency model that can be used by individual professionals to improve their software assurance skills. Foundations for software assurance sei digital library carnegie. The test cases, known as buginjector cases, improve software by. By providing researchers, tool developers, tool users and educators who train our workforce a suite of secure and dependable analysis services, swamp aims to reduce the. Dhs began the software assurance program as a focal point to partner with the private sector, academia, and other government agencies in order to improve software development and acquisition processes. Product development and service delivery is enhanced by quality processes that operate at the task order level. Software assurance benefits help you take full advantage of your investments in it. Customers who have active software assurance for qualifying office applications. Audits, inspections, and evaluations office of inspector. Senate committee on homeland security and governmental affairs, subcommittee on federal financial management, government information, and international security.
Department of homeland security to promote integrity, security, and reliability in software collaboratively advancing strategies to mitigate software supply chain risks 30 july 2009 joe jarzombek, pmp, csslp director for software assurance national cyber security division office of. Software assurance risk management framework for hybrid analysis mapping, to produce a hybrid analysis method that can be incorporated into code dx and into the dhs swamp. June 1, 2017 for official use only fouo what is an high value asset hva m1709. But a new mobile security program, developed by the department of homeland security, is proving that reducing the security risks of thirdparty applications is not such a remote possibility. The program provides support and guidance for signiicant new research on secure software engineering. The internal audit section within the office of inspector general for the wisconsin department of health services dhs performs independent, objective assurance and consulting activities designed to add value and improve dhs operations. The swa program is based upon the national strategy to secure cyberspace actionrecommendation 214.
Cybersecurity assurance branch cab nist dhs high value asset control overlay date. From simple a to z list of all services to more focused lists based on groups such as young adult or seniors, our goal is to help you find the information you need quickly. This guide will show you how to administer your software assurance benefit activation, download, and. By providing researchers, tool developers, tool users and educators who train our workforce a suite of secure and dependable analysis services, swamp aims to reduce the number of vulnerabilities deployed in new software. Northport, ny, february 26, 20 secure decisions, a division of applied visions and developer of visual analytic tools for software assurance and cyber security, has received a broad agency announcement baa award under a us department of homeland security dhs program. Serves as a focal point for interagency publicprivate collaboration to. A medicaid home and communitybased program that provides attendant care, homedelivered meals, personal emergency response system, adult day services, adult day health services, facilitybased respite care, inhome respite care, and environmental accessibility adaptionsadaptive equipment to individuals age 21 through 64 with a. State of wisconsin department of health services division of. A mobile workforce is emerging faster than many agencies are prepared to handle.
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