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  • NOR-STA User Group meetings

    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 […]

  • Live data in assurance cases

    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 […]

  • Assurance case reports fed with XML data

    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 […]

  • Integration with Jira and Confluence

    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 […]

  • Proposal of a scheme for IACS components cybersecurity certification published by JRC

    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 […]

  • Monitoring the conformance progress

    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 […]

  • Presenting project status on dashboards

    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 […]

  • Modular arguments

    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 […]

  • Reuse with templates

    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 […]

  • Argevide NOR-STA 7.1 released

    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 […]

  • New basic view for auditors – NOR-STA 7.0

    Providing compliance evidence and making assessments is easier in the new “basic” view. Version 7.0 delivers new features: Basic view of the argumentation which provides: simplified view of the argumentation structure quick and easy assessment simple browsing and adding evidence simplified reporting support for mobile devices New assessment scale: Three-value compliance assessment Performance and reliability […]

  • Assurance Case Integration with System Models

      Assurance cases, and safety cases in particular, often refer to the specific elements of the system for which safety and other properties are argued. All the references should be precisely and unambiguously specified. The solution which would ensure the completeness and correctness of the relations can be based on formal connection of argument elements […]