Network Monitoring for Web-Based Threats

This report provides detection and prevention methods to counter an approach that a focused attacker would need to take in order to breach an organization through web-based protocols.

Success in Acquisition: Using Archetypes to Beat the Odds

This report describes key elements in systems thinking, provides an introduction to general systems archetypes, and applies these concepts to the software acquisition domain.

Programmatic and Constructive Interdependence: Emerging Insights and Predictive Indicators of Development Resource Demand

This 2010 report describes a series of ongoing research efforts that investigate the role of interdependence in the acquisition of major defense acquisition programs.

Status of Ongoing Work in Software TRAs/TRLs

In this 2010 presentation, Michael Bandor and Suzanne Garcia-Miller focus on software issues and shortfalls observed during the DoD Technology Readiness Assessment (TRA) processes.

Characterizing Technical Software Performance Within System of Systems Acquisitions: A Step-Wise Methodology

Bryce Meyer and James Wessel provide a 10-step method for planning/assessing software performance, allowing for respective improvement of architecture and test processes.