Chapter 6
Software Acceptance
6.1 Introduction
Have you ever been caught in a situation where you are not aware of what certain software does in your computing environment due to lack of pertinent documentation, or the need exists to configure the software to run with elevated or administrative privileges after its installation? These situations are far too familiar today, but they could be easily avoided if there were a formal software acceptance process in place.
Before accepting software for deployment into the production environment or release to the customers, it is important to ensure that the software that has been developed or acquired meets required compliance, quality, functional, and assurance (security) requirements. In today’s security ...
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