BS PAS 754:2014 is a
British Standards Institution (BSI) software
Publicly Available Specification, published in May 2014.
BS PAS 754:2014 was withdrawn following the publication of BS 10754-1:2018 in February 2018.
The PAS defines the overall principles for effective software trustworthiness, and includes technical, physical, cultural and behavioral measures alongside effective leadership and governance. It also identifies the necessary tools, techniques and processes and addresses safety, reliability, availability, security and resilience issues.
Structure of the standard
The official title of the standard is "Software Trustworthiness – Governance and management – Specification".
PAS 754:2014 has seven main clauses, plus three annexes, which cover:
:0. Introduction
:1. Scope
:2. Normative References
:3. Terms, definitions and acronyms
:4. Approach
:5. Concepts
:6. Principles
:Annex A. System Lifecycle
:Annex B. Techniques
:Bibliography
Development
The development of PAS754 has been led by the
Trustworthy Software Initiative
The Trustworthy Software Foundation (TSFdn) is a UK not-for-profit organisation, with stated aim of improving software.
History
TSFdn evolved from a number of previous activities:
*A study by the Cabinet Office, Central Sponsor for Information ...
, a UK government sponsored Public Good activity aimed at Making Software Better.
The following organizations were involved in the development of this specification:
Atkins Group;
BIS;
CPNI; Certification Europe;
De Montfort University; Group 5 Training;
IET;
Microsoft (UK);
MISRA Misra or Mishra may refer to:
* Motor Industry Software Reliability Association
* MISRA C, a software development standard for the C programming language
* Misra (poetry), a term meaning a line of a couplet, or verse, in Turkic, Arabic, Persian an ...
;
Nexor;
Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Brookes University (formerly known as Oxford Polytechnic (United Kingdom), Polytechnic) is a public university, public university in Oxford, England. It is a new university, having received university status through the Further and High ...
;
QinetiQ;
TechUK The cyber security (or information assurance) community in the United Kingdom is diverse, with many stakeholders groups contributing to support the '' UK Cyber Security Strategy''. The following is a list of some of these stakeholders.
Governmen ...
and
University of Warwick.
References
British Standards
Information assurance standards
Information technology in the United Kingdom
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