NASAs Independent Verification and Validation IVV Program January

NASA’s Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Program January 2018 Gregory Blaney, IV&V Program Director Fairmont, West Virginia www. nasa. gov/centers/ivv

Origins of IV&V within NASA • NASA's IV&V Program: established in 1993 • Founded under the NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (OSMA) as a direct result of recommendations made by the National Research Council (NRC) and the Report of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident. 2

History of NASA’s IV&V Program 1991 - Grant to WVU to build IV&V Facility. Program assigned to HQ-OSMA 1994 - Space Station Program Implements IV&V through NASA’s IV&V Program 1996 - Program assigned to AMES Research Center Focus = Research 2003 - IV&V Funding changed to Corporate G&A 2011 - Instantiation of JSTAR & Independent Test Capability 2003 – IV&V Program is functionally assigned to OSMA 2012 - ISC Contract award – Single IV&V Service provider 2004 - IV&V Board of Advisors formed 2012 - IV&V Completed 22+ years of Space Shuttle IV&V 2009 - IV&V added to NPR 7150. 2 A 2012 - GO-SIM Software of the Year - Honorable Mention 2010 - Program reorganization to current org structure 2012 - ECTP Work began 1996 - Facility Omnibus contract: Enabled IV&V across all NASA Projects 2013 - Work with Commercial Crew partners began 2015 - Began Vulnerability Assessment Program (VAP) 1999 - Senior Management Council: IV&V mandate for all NASA software 2015 - Released Secure Coding Portal (SCP) for the Agency 2016 - IV&V accredited as a Fed. RAMP 3 PAO 2000 – Program transitioned to Goddard Space Flight Center Focus = Applied NASA’s IV&V Program 2016 – JIST (JWST Simulator) Software of the Year Honorable Mention 3

IV&V Program Services • System and Software Assurance – Full Lifecycle IV&V – Independent Assessments • Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) Support – Common support infrastructure for assuring core Software Assurance functions across the Agency • Software Assurance Research Program (SARP) • Cybersecurity & Information Assurance (IA) – Threat/Risk Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, IA Support, Cyber. Lab, Fed. RAMP • Jon Mc. Bride Software Testing And Research (JSTAR) Laboratory – Independent Test Capability (ITC), Robotics • Simulation, Testing, Automation, and Virtualization • Collaboration and Leadership – International IV&V WG, WVANG, DOE, OSMA, FBI • Educational Outreach 4

IV&V Projects EUROPA JWST JPSS PSP Landsat 9 SLS ISS In. Sight ICESat-2 GSDO MARS 2020 SGSS MPCV OSIRIS-REx WFIRST IV&V helps provide the highest achievable levels of safety, security, reliability and cost effectiveness in a number of high-profile NASA and non-NASA missions. NASA’s IV&V Program 5

IV&V Program Affiliations Agency Budget Structure NASA Safety & Mission Success Agency Information Technology Services Office of Safety & Mission Assurance Office of the Chief Engineer NASA’s IV&V Program Strategic Capabilities Assets Program Inspector General Independent Verification & Validation Program Agency Management & Operations Center Management & Operations Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration Education Space Operations Exploration Aeronautics Space Technology Science Agency Management Safety, Security and Mission Services Office of Chief Health and Medical Officer 6

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Contractor Support • ~$50 M – ~66% large business (>30% subcontracted to small business) – Rest small business, educational – https: //www. nasa. gov/centers/ivv/business/par tners. html • Jobs and People – ~300 employees (~225 in WV) • 48 civil servants, rest contractors NASA’s IV&V Program 9

IV&V’s Goal is Mission Success

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