We invite for the next NOR-STA User Group meeting on March 11. The main topic of the meeting will be continuous assurance case. We will start with a short presentation to introduce the topic and then discuss: What is ‘continuous assurance’ and do we have a business case for it? What changes you want your […]
We invite for the next NOR-STA User Group meeting on February 11. The main topic of the meeting will be argument quality – what is a good assurance case? The presentation and discussion will cover: – elements of the argument structure – criteria for argument quality – best practices for structuring complex arguments We invite […]
In January we start regular meetings of NOR-STA User Group. During the meetings we will discuss: – ways for effective use of NOR-STA, – TRUST-IT methodolog, – assurance cases, – conformance management.NOR-STA User Group is open for all NOR-STA users. The main goal of the meeting will to share experiences and provide information about new […]
System assurance with the use of assurance case should consider system changes and also operational data when necessary. The way to manage this is to use live data as evidence and update accordingly the argument assessment. The live data is the data generated directly by any system, not provided manually. Unlike documents used as evidence […]
New reports in NOR-STA are fed with data in XML format. XML includes data about the argument, evidence, and the evaluations performed. MS Word report template can directly use data through XML mapping, and advanced data processing is possible with Visual Basic scripts. The basic templates for assurance case reports and conformance reports with VBA […]
NOR-STA now allows for integration with Confluence and Jira servers, in addition to the existing integration with SharePoint. The assurance argument may directly refer to information in these systems. At the same time, it is a step towards continuous assurance and the introduction of constant supervision over the timeliness of evidence and performed assessments. For […]
Last week European Joint Research Centre published its Recommendations for the IACS Components Cybersecurity Certifications Scheme (ICCS). IACS (Industrial Automation & Control Systems) are used in industry including energy, transportation, manufacturing and health. The published scheme focuses on components of such systems, including PLC, RTU, SCADA, HMI and others). ICCS is the result of European […]
NOR-STA version 7.4.1 released on April 24 makes conformance monitoring easier, including progress reviews.You can view in NOR-STA the history of conformance evaluation changes and the conformance status for any day in the past. In the new version, this has been extended to include conformance history charts. Another improvement is the conformance chart available for […]
NOR-STA version 7.4 makes project management easier. The project dashboard shows the main parameters of the project, including its completeness and the results of conformity assessment as well as links to other projects and templates. Assigning argument elements to users allows you to specify responsibility and also pass fragments of arguments to other persons for […]
You can divide argumentation in NOR-STA into smaller chunks to manage complexity, distribute ownership, separate issues or reuse shared topics. Many standards overlap and have some common requirements. When you divide your argument into modules which cover separate topics you can easily reuse the modules to achieve conformance with other standards. You can also use […]
Conformance and assurance cases often contain common parts that relate to specific goals, system levels or types of requirements. Templates support their reuse. Argument templates in NOR-STA allow to: ‒ reuse of argument by creating of template, ‒ argument synchronization with the current template version, ‒ cascading templates (templates for templates), ‒ connecting an argument […]
NOR-STA version 7.1 released on April 19, 2018 delivers new features and changes: Excluding argument sub-tree for any claim Copying and pasting many elements at once Creating multiple links at the same time “Go to Link Target” function in the link’s context menu Selecting the assessment method in project properties, detailed assessment settings only in […]