NIST SAMATE Software Assurance Reference Dataset

This dataset provides the NIST Software Assurance Metrics And Tool Evaluation (SAMATE) Software Assurance Reference Dataset (SARD) - a set of programs with known security flaws. This will allow end users to evaluate tools and tool developers to test their methods.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
accrualPeriodicity irregular
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identifier FF429BC178808B3EE0431A570681E858239
landingPage https://samate.nist.gov/SARD/
language {en}
license https://www.nist.gov/open/license
modified 2015-11-18
programCode {006:052}
publisher National Institute of Standards and Technology
resource-type Dataset
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theme {"Software testing","Software assurance"}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • bug
  • ckan
  • defect
  • flaw
  • geo
  • geoss
  • national
  • north-america
  • security
  • software-assurance
  • software-testing
  • static-analysis
  • test-suite
  • united-states
  • vulnerability
  • weakness
isopen False
license_id other-license-specified
license_title other-license-specified
maintainer Vadim Okun
maintainer_email vadim.okun@nist.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-21T18:57:21.498446
metadata_modified 2025-11-21T18:57:21.498451
notes This dataset provides the NIST Software Assurance Metrics And Tool Evaluation (SAMATE) Software Assurance Reference Dataset (SARD) - a set of programs with known security flaws. This will allow end users to evaluate tools and tool developers to test their methods.
num_resources 2
num_tags 18
title NIST SAMATE Software Assurance Reference Dataset