tailieunhanh - Making the Business Case for Software Assurance

Our overarching thesis in this article is that organizations voluntarily adopting environmental and social policies represent a fundamentally distinct type of the modern corporation that is characterized by a governance structure that takes into account the environmental and social performance of the company, in addition to financial performance, a long-term approach towards maximizing inter-temporal profits, and an active stakeholder management process. Empirically, we identify 90 companies – we term these as High Sustainability companies -- with a substantial number of environmental and social policies that have been adopted for a significant number of years (since . | Software Engineering Institute Making the Business Case for Software Assurance Nancy R. Mead Julia H. Allen W. Arthur Conklin Antonio Drommi John Harrison Jeff Ingalsbe James Rainey Dan Shoemaker April 2009 SPECIAL REPORT CMU SEI-2009-SR-001 CERT Program Unlimited distribution subject to the copyright. http CamegieMellon This report was prepared for the SEI Administrative Agent ESC XPK 5 Eglin Street Hanscom AFB MA 01731-2100 The ideas and findings in this report should not be construed as an official DoD position. It is published in the interest of scientific and technical information exchange. This work is sponsored by the . Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security National Cyber Security Division. The Software Engineering Institute is a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the . Department of Defense. Copyright 2009 Carnegie Mellon University. NO WARRANTY THIS CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE MATERIAL IS FURNISHED ON AN AS-IS BASIS. CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY MAKES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED AS TO ANY MATTER INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR PURPOSE OR MERCHANTABILITY EXCLUSIVITY OR RESULTS OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE MATERIAL. CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO FREEDOM FROM PATENT TRADEMARK OR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. Use of any trademarks in this report is not intended in any way to infringe on the rights of the trademark holder. Internal use. Permission to reproduce this document and to prepare derivative works from this document for internal use is granted provided the copyright and No Warranty statements are included with all reproductions and derivative works. External use. This document may be reproduced in its entirety without modification and freely distributed in written or electronic form without requesting formal permission. Permission is required for any other .