CSSLP: Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional

The DoD 8500 information assurance policy series defines the Department's IA mission around three core objectives: protecting DoD information, actively defending DoD information systems and networks against attack, and providing commanders with command and control capability together with situational awareness of the IA posture. Certification and Accreditation is a risk-management and compliance process (later evolved into the Risk Management Framework) used in support of these objectives rather than being one of the objectives itself.