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From ConOps to Running Code: An MBSE-in-Practice Experiment using AI-Augmented SysML v2 Modeling

Model-Based Systems Engineering promises traceability from requirements through architecture to implementation, and that well-defined interfaces make integrating components across teams easier. In ...
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The SEI CERT Coding Standard for Fortran

Svoboda, D., 2026: The SEI CERT Coding Standard for Fortran. Software Engineering Institute blog, Accessed September 3, 2026, https://doi.org/10.58012/w9t7-6y96. This ...
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SEI and Accenture Release AI Adoption Maturity Model to Help Organizations Scale AI with Predictable Outcomes

PITTSBURGH, Pa., June 8, 2026—The Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (SEI) and Accenture today released the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Adoption Maturity Model, an empirically ...
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AI-Native Software Engineering: Enduring Principles, New Pace

AI is rapidly changing how software is produced but not the need to engineer software to meet business and mission goals. AI is enabling developers to move from idea to implementation at incredible ...
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Tailoring Security and Zero Trust Principles to Weapon System Environments

This report analyzes nine security and zero trust principles from a study about the applicability of foundational security and zero trust principles to weapon systems. Zero trust is a security model ...
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Enhancing Machine Learning Assurance with Portend

Hansen, J., Echeverría, S., Pons, L., Moreno, G., Lewis, G., and Zhan, L., 2025: Enhancing Machine Learning Assurance with Portend. Software Engineering Institute ...
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The DevSecOps Capability Maturity Model

Chick, T., Frye, B., and Reffett, A., 2025: The DevSecOps Capability Maturity Model. Software Engineering Institute blog, Accessed September 3, 2026, https://doi.org ...
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The 13 Key Elements of an Insider Threat Program

Costa, D., and Trzeciak, R., 2023: The 13 Key Elements of an Insider Threat Program. Software Engineering Institute blog, Accessed August 31, 2026, https://doi.org/10 ...
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Common Sense Guide to Mitigating Insider Threats, Seventh Edition

The guide describes 22 best practices for mitigating insider threat based on the CERT Division's continued research and analysis of more than 3,000 insider threat cases. This seventh edition of the ...
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10 Years of Research in Technical Debt and an Agenda for the Future

Technical debt is a widely recognized software engineering concern that refers to the tradeoff between the short-term benefits of rapid delivery and the long-term value of developing a software system ...
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Tactics and Patterns for Software Robustness

Kazman, R., 2022: Tactics and Patterns for Software Robustness. Software Engineering Institute blog, Accessed September 2, 2026, https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/tactics ...
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What is Explainable AI?

Consider a production line in which workers run heavy, potentially dangerous equipment to manufacture steel tubing. Company executives hire a team of machine learning (ML) practitioners to develop an ...