Areas of application
NOR-STA is a system assurance tool applicable for many domains. Our customers use NOR-STA in sectors listed below.
Automotive
- ISO 26262 Road vehicles – Functional safety
- SS 7740 Road vehicles - Functional Safety Process Assessment Model
- Automotive SPICE
Air traffic
- EU 2017/373 – Requirements for providers of air traffic management/air navigation services
- CAP 670 Air Traffic Services Safety Requirements
- EU 2018/1139 – Common rules in the field of civil aviation
Process industry,
Oil & Gas
- EN/IEC 61511: Functional safety – Safety instrumented systems for the process industry sector
Technology
qualification
- ISO/IEC 17065 Conformity assessment — Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and services
Cybersecurity
- IEC 62443 Security for industrial automation and control systems
- ISO 27001 Information Security Management
Healthcare
- NCQA Hospital Accreditation Standards (Poland)
Why NOR-STA?
Online collaboration
- Shared workspace for all involved parties
- Online access to the integrated assurance case, evidence and the assessment
- Role-based access management for each assurance module
Traceability and auditability
- Explicit tracking goals to requirements, evidence and assessment
- Complete change history and audit log
- Baselines, past state revisions and restoring any past version
Efficiency
- Early involvement of interested parties, sharing information for feedback
- Verification steps integrated in the process
- Self-assessment and third-party assessment
Scalability and adaptability
- Modular approach and templates for complex systems and product lines
- Easy integration with other systems with API
- Use of live data for continuous assurance
NOR-STA User Group
We meet NOR-STA users each month to share the best practices of assurance case management and use of NOR-STA.
NOR-STA User Group is free and open for all NOR-STA users. You can join the group, attend the meetings and get access to the group resources.
News
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Modular assurance cases on MASCA workshop
Modularity is an effective way of managing assurance case complexity, but is should be used in a systematic way to get benefits. This will be discussed by practitioners at the International Workshop on Modular Argumentation to Support Device Conformity Assessment (MASCA) which will be held on 19 September at SAFECOMP 2023 conference. The current state […]
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Assurance case contracts
Assurance case modules can be connected through three types of interfaces as they are defined in GSN Community Standard version 3: Away elements (citation) Support by module Support by contract In our post in May we presented a diagram comparing the types of interfaces but the presented diagram was a bit too simplified. An important […]
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Textual vs graphical representation of assurance cases
Assurance cases are usually presented in the form of diagrams, for example GSN or CAE. This is a convenient form of presenting the argument to others and familiarizing yourself with its content. However it is not the only way to present assurance cases. Another method is to use the textual or tabular form. We have […]
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