Requirements specifications for high assurance secure systems are rare in the open literature. This paper examines the development of a requirements document for a multilevel secure system that must meet stringent assurance and evaluation requirements. The system is designed to be secure, yet combines popular commercial components with specialized high assurance ones. Functional and non-functio...

The dynamic development of technology, consumer expectations, legal requirements, quality assurance and health safety systems create the need to develop new, highly selective and, at same time, simple analytical tools [...]

introduction: during radiotherapy, high accuracy in the dose delivery is required because there is a strong  relationship between the absorbed dose, local tumor control and particularly the normal tissue damage. in  many institutions, in vivo dosimetry using diodes is performed to check the actual dose delivered. in general,  the uncertainty in the dose delivered should fall within  ± 5% of the...

the aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of a proficiency testing program among limited number of local laboratories as an alternative to the iupac/citac guide on proficiency testing with a limited number of participants, specially where international schemes are not accessible. as a sample scheme we planned to determine aflatoxins (b1, g1, b2, g2, total) in iranian pistachio matrix. a...

Clinical laboratories must adhere to Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) to ensure the quality, integrity, and reliability of patient results. GLP principles include organization and personnel, a quality assurance program, facilities, equipments, reagents and materials, test systems, standard operating procedures, result reporting, and archiving of records and reports (Wikipedia,2010). This chapter...

During the 20th century understanding for quality has changed and international and national requirements for quality have been published. Therefore also medical branches started to establish quality management systems. Quality assurance has always been important for medical laboratories. Certification according to the standard ISO 9001 and accreditation according to the standard ISO 17025 have...

iv 1 Background and Assumptions 1 1.1 The Importance and Challenges of Software Assurance Measurement 1 1.2 Why Security Is a Concern 1 1.3 Purpose of This Report 3 1.4 Intended Audience 3 1.5 Scope 4 1.6 Constraints 5 2 Definition of Terms 6 2.1 What Is Software Assurance? 6 2.2 What Is Software Assurance Measurement? 6 2.3 Measurement Domains 7 2.4 Critical Programming Errors 8 3 Measurement ...

Regression testing is an important part of software quality assurance. We work to extend regression testing to include regression benchmarking, which applies benchmarking to detect regressions in performance. Given the specific requirements of regression benchmarking, many contemporary benchmarks are not directly usable in regression benchmarking. To overcome this, we present a case for designi...

The Scientific Council (SC) hereby submits its third Report to the A3ES – the Agency for the Evaluation and Accreditation of Higher Education in Portugal. As in the past, we appreciate both the invitation to discuss the current and future state of affairs regarding quality assurance in Portugal, as well as the willingness of the Agency and its leadership to engage frankly and openly in a compre...