OVAL® International in scope and free for public use, OVAL is an information security community effort to standardize how to assess and report upon the machine state of computer systems. OVAL includes a language to encode system details, and an assortment of content repositories held throughout the community.
Tools and services that use OVAL for the three steps of system assessment — representing system information, expressing specific machine states, and reporting the results of an assessment — provide enterprises with accurate, consistent, and actionable information so they may improve their security. Use of OVAL also provides for reliable and reproducible information assurance metrics and enables interoperability and automation among security tools and services.
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OVAL Repository Announces Top Contributors Awards for Q2-2015
OVAL Board holds 9th Transition Follow Up Call
OVAL Board holds 8th Transition Follow Up Call
OVAL Board holds 7th Transition Follow Up Call
OVAL Board holds 6th Transition Follow Up Call
ToolsWatch Makes Declaration to Adopt OVAL
ScriptRock Makes Declaration to Adopt OVAL
OVAL Repository Announces Top Contributors Awards for Q1-2015
Version 5.11.1 of OVAL Now Available