OVAL - Compatibility Questionnaire: NIST Computer Security Division (SCAP)

Compatibility Questionnaire: NIST Computer Security Division (SCAP) — Archive

Important: The OVAL Compatibility Program was moved to "archive" status in December 2009, and replaced with the "OVAL Adoption Program." Under the OVAL Adoption Program product validation is performed by an external organization, allowing the OVAL Team to focus on educating vendors on best practices regarding the use and implementation OVAL and on how OVAL can continue to evolve as needed by the community.

Refer to the OVAL Adoption Program section for addition information and to review all products and services listed.

General Capability Questions | Accuracy Questions | Documentation Questions | Capability Specific Questions | Statements

Organizational Information

Name of Your Organization:

NIST Computer Security Division

Web Site:

http://csrc.nist.gov/

Product Information

Product/Service Name:

SCAP

Compatible Categories:

OVAL Definition Producer

Product/Service Home Page:

http://nvd.nist.gov/scap/scap.cfm

General Capability Questions

Product Accessibility

Provide a short description of how and where your capability is made available to your customers and the public:

All OVAL content is freely available for download from the SCAP web site.

Accuracy Questions

Language Version Indication

Describe how and where the capability indicates the version of the OVAL Language used to validate, create, or update its content:

The version of the OVAL schemas used to generate the content can be found in the element of each OVAL file that is downloaded.

Approach for Correction of Errors

Indicate how a user who discovers an error in the capability's use of OVAL can report the error:

Any error that is discovered should be reported to the SCAP project team via email at checklists@nist.gov

Describe the approach to responding to the above error reports and how applicable fixes will be applied:

Once an error has been reported, it will be examined by our internal content team and any applicable fix will be made. Fixes will be released in future versions of the content.

Documentation Questions

Compatibility Documentation

Provide a copy, or directions to the location, of where the documentation describes OVAL and OVAL Compatibility for any customers:

From the overview page of the SCAP repository (web site), there are links back to the OVAL web site to provide information about the initiative.

Language Support

Indicate the component schemas and/or individual OVAL Tests that the capability does not support for each category of OVAL Compatibility being applied for:

NA (is producer)

Capability Specific Questions

Finding Elements Using OVAL

Provide details regarding how users can identify and find individual OVAL content (through OVAL-IDs) that is being consumed by the capability. For example, how can a user determine which definitions have been consumed and what the result of each definition is:

Although no formal search capability is provided, all available OVAL content is available in XML format so standard document search can be used to find specific OVAL Definitions.

OVAL Content Importation Process Explanation

If the capability does not support consuming OVAL content at runtime, explain the documented process by which users can submit OVAL content for interpretation by the capability, including how quickly submitted content is made available to the capability:

Statements

Statement of Compatibility

Have an authorized individual sign and date the following Compatibility Statement (required):

"As an authorized representative of my organization I agree that we will abide by all of the mandatory compatibility requirements as well as all of the additional mandatory compatibility requirements that are appropriate for our specific type of capability."

Name:		Stephen Quinn
Title:		Senior Computer Scientist

Statement of Accuracy

Have an authorized individual sign and date the following accuracy Statement (recommended):

"As an authorized representative of my organization and to the best of my knowledge, there are no errors in the correctness of our capability's use of the OVAL Language and the interpretation of the logic."

Name:		Stephen Quinn
Title:		Senior Computer Scientist

Statement on Follow-on Correctness Testing Support

Have an authorized individual sign and date the following statement about your organizations willingness to support correctness testing of other capabilities, which will be managed by the Reviewing Authority and kept to reasonable levels of effort for all involved. (required):

"As an authorized representative of my organization, we agree to support the Review Authority in follow-on correctness testing activities, where appropriate types of OVAL documents might need to be exchanged with other organizations attempting to prove the correctness of their capabilities."