Building Assured Systems Framework (BASF) Overview
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Software Engineering Institute
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Abstract
There is no single, recognized framework to organize research and practice areas focused on building assured systems (BAS). Sponsors of the CERT Program's research could use such a framework to help address the following challenges, including customer "pain points" and general research problems:
- How do I decide which security methods fit into a specific life-cycle activity?
- How do I know if a specific security method is sufficiently mature for me to use on my projects?
- When should I take a chance on a security research approach that has not been widely used?
- What actions can I take when I have no approach or method for prioritizing and selecting new research or when promising research appears to be unrelated to other research in the field?
Such a framework could also help organize CERT research
efforts.
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Cybersecurity Engineering Research: Supply Chain and Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Assurance Collection
Cite This SEI Report
Software Engineering Institute (2011, September 1). Building Assured Systems Framework (BASF) Overview. Retrieved August 12, 2026, from https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/building-assured-systems-framework-basf-overview/.
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Software Engineering Institute. "Building Assured Systems Framework (BASF) Overview." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, September 1, 2011. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/building-assured-systems-framework-basf-overview/.
Software Engineering Institute, "Building Assured Systems Framework (BASF) Overview," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, 1-Sep-2011 [Online]. Available: https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/building-assured-systems-framework-basf-overview/. [Accessed: 12-Aug-2026].
Software Engineering Institute. "Building Assured Systems Framework (BASF) Overview." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 1 Sep. 2011. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/building-assured-systems-framework-basf-overview/. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.
Software Engineering Institute. Building Assured Systems Framework (BASF) Overview. Software Engineering Institute. 2011. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/building-assured-systems-framework-basf-overview/