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Presentation Overview
TeamCert
What makes a successful Team?
What is PECB TeamCert?
PECB TeamCert Certification Process
Advantages and Benefits of Team
Certification – Why TeamCert?
AppCert
What is PECB AppCert
Advantages and Benefits of AppCert
AppCert Certification Criteria
PECB Store
PECB Store Features
PEC Store Categories
PECB Product
PECB eGift Card
Become a PECB Affiliate
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What makes a successful team?
A team is a group of people who unite around a particular task, project,
or objective.
“Teamwork is the fuel that allows
common people to attain uncommon results.”
A N D R E W C A R N E G I E
A team is a group of people who unite around
a particular task, project, or objective.
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What is TeamCert?
General requirements for team
certification.
Purpose: Define the
requirements
The requirements
contained in this Standard
are written, to be
considered as general
criteria for team
certification.
This document also describes the
main policies and processes
related to PECB’s Team
Certification Program.
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PECB TeamCert Certification Process
1- Application 2- Application Review 3- Evaluation 4- Certification Decision
5- CERTIFIED TEAM
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Annex A: TeamCert Certification Criteria
Annex A
A.1 Policies
A.2 Leadership
A.3 Processes and procedures
A.4 Manage the team
A.5 Monitoring team performance
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Advantages and Benefits of Team Certification
TeamCert
• Improvement of
process and efficiency
• Good governance
• Conformity and
cost reduction
• Marketing
• Accredited
• First in market
• Easy to decide
• Business service
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What kind of team?
1. Information Security Team
2. Incident Response Team
3. Crisis Management Team
4. Other teams…
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Software Applications
The global market has experienced a tremendous increase in the number of
software application users. The importance of software applications in our
everyday life and activities is unquestionably increasing
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Number of apps available in leading app stores
As of 1st quarter 2018
3 800 000
3 000 000
2 000 000
1 000 000
234 500
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3000000
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Google Play Apple App
Store
Windows Store Amazon
Appstore
BlackBerry
World
Numberofapps
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Usage of Apps
Number of apps available in leading app stores
As of 1st quarter 2018
3 800 000
3 000 000
2 000 000
1 000 000
234 500
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2500000
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Numberofapps
149.3
197
352.9
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100
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250
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2016 2017 2021
Inbillions
Annual app downloads
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Essential Attributes of a Good Application Software
Maintainability
Software should be written
in such a way so that it can
evolve to meet the changing
needs of customers. This is
a critical attribute because
software change is an
inevitable requirement of a
changing business
environment.
Dependability & Security
Software dependability includes
a range of characteristics
including reliability, security and
safety. Dependable software
should not cause physical or
economic damage in the event
of system failure. Malicious
users should not be able to
access or damage the system.
Efficiency
Software should not make
wasteful use of system
resources such as memory and
processor cycles. Efficiency
therefore includes
responsiveness, processing
time, memory utilization, etc.
Acceptability
Software must be acceptable to
the type of users for which it is
designed. This means that it
must be understandable, usable
and compatible with other
systems that they use.
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Certification Process
The product shall be subject to evaluation and assessment in order to verify the fulfillment of the requirements and
criteria set forth in the PECB Software Certification Program and to be considered eligible to obtain a certification.
ClientPECB
05101-S1-PECBSoftwareCertificationProgram
Start
End
No
Client
Agrees?
Yes
End
No
No
No
Nonconformities?
Yes
Positive?
No
Yes
End
No
Compliant?
Yes
End
Certificate
Continuance
Yes
Yes
05101-FO3-
Quote
AppCert
Meets
Criteria?
05101-FO2-
General
terms and
conditions
Corrective Actions
Appropriate?
05101-FO1-
Quotation
Request
Form
Application Evaluation CertificationAccredited
Laboratory
Review
Quotation
Request
Send Software &
Documentation
Sign Quotation
and T&C
Send Quotation
and T&C
Inform
Client
Testing by third-
party accredited
Laboratory
Certification
decision
Inform
Client
Issue
Certifica
te
Surveillance
Audits
Review by
assigned
Reviewer
Send Corrective
Actions to PECB
Nonconformities?
No
Yes
Send Corrective
Actions
Audit the organization
Yes
No
Corrective
Actions
Appropriate
?
Submit
Quotation
Request
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Annex A: TeamCert Certification Criteria
Performance efficiency
Portability
Security
Maintainability
Characteristics,
Attributes and
Features of
products quality
Functional suitability
Usability
Compatibility
Reliability
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Technical Specifications
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1. GDPR – Requirements for Software
2. Adhere to the PECB Code of Ethics
3. 5 years professional experience
4. 2 years development, supply and
Maintenance of software experience
5. 300 hours audit activity
6. Professional references
7. PECB Certified SQuaRE Lead Auditor
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PECB Store Main Features
The opportunity to access different kind of
products related to ISO and non ISO industry
all through one unique platform.
At the PECB Store you can purchase different products:
1. Standards
2. PECB Courses
3. E-learning Courses
4. Conference Tickets
5. Corporate Licenses
6. Products
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PECB Store Main Features
PECB Store offers the opportunity to:
1. Become a PECB Vendor
2. Become a PECB Affiliate
PECB Vendor- Enables all PECB resellers to advertise
and sell their products( training courses, applications,
etc.) on PECB store.
PECB Affiliate- Presenting a great way for companies to
promote the PECB Store products on their own website,
and get a commission.
Customer Affiliate website PECB Store Commision %
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Standards & PECB Online Courses
Through PECB Store you can buy International
Standards, guidelines, checklists and online courses in
audio format. We are authorized from SCC to sell more
than 20.000 standards.
A simplified search which allows the buyer to search
standards through keywords, based on publisher, etc.
The selection of an ISO Standard provides you with a
more detailed description of the product’s content.
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PECB Insights Conference Ticket
Customers will have the option to purchase PECB
Conference Tickets directly from the PECB Store.
From a single page they can see all the relevant
information such as price, lunch menu options, Gala
Night, etc.
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Corporate Licenses
PECB Corporate Licensing Program enables any corporate to purchase
licenses for PECB courses.
Corporates will be able to customize the banner and the portal look to their
corporate brand and assign the licenses to their attendees.
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PECB Products
PECB store offers different publications
designed to help you advance your
professional career:
1. Toolkits
2. Tools (ISMS Documentation Software, Auditing
software, gap analysis, self-assessment checklist)
3. E-Books
4. Today’s Deals
The purpose of this standard is to describe the requirements that a team must meet in order to be certified by PECB to the TeamCert scheme.
This standard specifies requirements, the observance of which is intended to ensure that PECB operates in a competent, consistent and impartial manner.
The requirements contained in this Standard are written, to be considered as general criteria for team certification.
This document also describes the main policies and processes related to PECB’s Team Certification Program.
The figure on the slide depicts the certification process for a team seeking to become certified with PECB TeamCert.
Application: The team seeking to be certified with the Team Certification Program must submit the 05102-FO1-Team Certification Application Form for their process to be approved by PECB. Among others, the application form must include the following information:
The name of the team and the description of the team’s activities/operations
The number of team members
Roles and responsibilities of each team member
Application review: PECB will review the application and make sure the information provided is sufficient. PECB will respond within a two weeks’ timeframe with a decision as to whether it can proceed with the review of the application.
Terms and agreements: Upon receiving the positive confirmation from PECB, the 05102-FO2-General terms and conditions for TeamCert certification services shall be signed between PECB and the team along with the 05102-FO3-Quote_TeamCert.
Evaluation: Upon receiving the abovementioned documents, the team will be evaluated as per the requirements set forth in the PECB Team Certification Program document.
Review: The results of the evaluation will be reviewed by a designated person who was not involved in the evaluation process, hereby assigned as a “Reviewer.” The Reviewer will make sure to assess the evaluation process and to ensure that all aspects have been taken into consideration.
Certification decision: Based on all the information related to evaluation, review, and any other relevant information, PECB shall contact the respective individuals in writing to advise them on whether the team meets the criteria for approval by PECB.
Certification documentation: After the successful evaluation of the team, a certificate will be issued for a period of 3 years.
List of teams certified with PECB TeamCert: Teams that meet the requirements and are approved by PECB will be placed on the list of teams approved by PECB and maintained by the program manager on the PECB's website.
Surveillance: PECB will periodically review the team performance to ensure that the team is complying with the requirements set out in the PECB Team Certification Program document and to ensure that the team is facilitating continual improvement.
Changes affecting certification: In case the requirements that are provided in this document are revised and this will affect the team certification, PECB must conduct an audit to review the team processes and operations.
Improvement of processes and efficiency:
General improvement of the effectiveness of the team;
Better awareness
Mechanisms to measure the effectiveness of your team.
Boost productivity and teamwork
Enhance team activities and operations
Good governance:
Awareness and empowerment of personnel;
The opportunity to identify weaknesses of the team and to provide corrections;
Increase of the accountability of team members.
Conformity:
To best practices
Cost reduction:
Decision makers often ask to justify the profitability of projects and demand concrete and measurable return-benefits
Marketing:
Differentiation provides a competitive advantage for the team;
Satisfaction of requirements of customer and/or other stakeholders;
Consolidating confidence of customers, suppliers and partners of the organization.
Gives confidence to all interested parties that the team meets the specified requirements to function and perform effectively and successfully based on best practices.
It has become the colossal point of attention for individuals and businesses alike, courtesy of the various incredible features and opportunities that software applications offer. The availability of apps is on the increase such that it has produced a noticeable change in the way individuals and businesses feel and experience computing.
Often referred to as "Quality Metrics“, sometimes called "Non-Functional Requirements”
PECB Software Certification Program aims to define the common, qualitative and quantitative rules, characteristics and minimum conditions applicable for the software products to be used by software development organizations to assess their conformity. PECB Software Certification Program covers all the tasks inherent in the design, development, production, supply and maintenance of the software product, based on the fulfilment of the set of functional, technical and legal requirements to which the supplier must comply.
Certification of software offers organizations more certainty and confidence about a software. Certification of software helps software sales, acquisition, and can be used to certify legislative compliance or to achieve acceptable deliverables in outsourcing.
Gives confidence to all interested parties that a product meets the specified requirements to function and perform effectively.
Improves the quality of software products.
Provides a formal recognition of the software product quality.
Evaluation and assessment from an accredited certification body.
Assessment of the software(product) and the management system.
The figure on the slide shows the certification lifecycle process for a organizations seeking to obtain software product certification.
Application: The organization seeking to be certified with the AppCert must submit the 05101-FO1-Quotation Request Form for their education program to be approved by PECB.
Application review: PECB will review the quotation request form and make sure the information provided is sufficient. In case PECB does not have the competence to certify the product, PECB will inform the organization accordingly. PECB will respond within a two weeks’ timeframe with a decision as to whether it can proceed with reviewing the application or not.
Terms and agreements: Upon receiving the positive confirmation from PECB, the 05101-FO2-General terms and conditions for AppCert certification services shall be signed between PECB and the organization along with the 05101-FO3-Quote_AppCert.
Evaluation: Testing by third-party accredited Laboratory: The product will be tested by a third-party accredited laboratory to determine whether the product meets the requirements of the PECB Software Certification Program and technical specifications indicated in its Annexes. The testing process is independent, and results obtained from this process will be communicated to PECB. Part of the evaluation process is the Audit Process: The organization will be audited as per the requirements set forth in the PECB Software Certification Program. PECB shall appoint a designated auditor to make the assessment of the organization’s processes and procedures. The duration of the audit will be determined and communicated by PECB to the organization prior.
Review: The results of the evaluation will be reviewed by a designated person who was not involved in the evaluation process, hereby assigned as a “Reviewer.” The Reviewer will make sure to assess the evaluation process and to ensure that all aspects have been taken into consideration.
Certification decision: Based on all information related to the evaluation, review, and any other relevant information, PECB shall contact the respective individuals in writing to advise them on whether the product meets the criteria for approval by PECB. If the product meets the criteria, PECB will issue a certificate. If the product does not meet the criteria, PECB will inform them about the reason(s) for rejection.
Certification documentation: After the successful evaluation of the product, a certificate will be issued for a period of 3 years.
List of products certified with PECB AppCert: Products that meet the requirements of this standard and are approved by PECB will be placed on the list of products obtaining AppCert and maintained by the program manager on the PECB's website.
Maintenance - Surveillance: PECB will periodically review the performance of the product to ensure that it’s complying with the requirements set out in this document and to ensure that the organization is facilitating continual improvement.
Changes affecting certification: In case the requirements that are provided in this document are revised and this will affect the product certification, PECB must conduct an audit to review the product compliance and organization’s operations.
Functional Suitability: The product must have attributes showing the existence of the following functions:
Functional completeness – Degree to which the set of functions covers all the specified tasks and user objectives.
Functional correctness – Degree to which the functions provides the correct results with the needed degree of precision.
Functional appropriateness – Degree to which the functions facilitate the accomplishment of specified tasks and objectives.
Usability: The product must have features that ensure the use by its recipients, in particular, regarding:
Appropriateness recognizability – Degree to which users can recognize whether a product or system is appropriate for their needs;
Learnability – Degree to which a product or system enables the user to learn how to use it with effectiveness, efficiency in emergency situations;
Operability – Degree to which a product or system is easy to operate, control and appropriate to use.
User error protection – Degree to which a product or system protects users against making errors.
User interface aesthetics – Degree to which a user interface enables pleasing and satisfying interaction for the user.
Accessibility – Degree to which a product or system can be used by people with the widest range of characteristics and capabilities to achieve a specified goal in a specified context of use.
Compatibility: The product must have attributes showing the existence of the following functions:
Co-existence – Degree to which a product can perform its required functions efficiently while sharing a common environment and resources with other products, without detrimental impact on any other product;
Interoperability – Degree to which two or more systems, products or components can exchange information and use the information that has been exchanged.
Reliability: The product must have characteristics of reliability to their performance level, under conditions and in time established, including:
Maturity – Degree to which a system, product or component meets needs for reliability under normal operation;
Fault tolerance – Degree to which a system, product or component operates as intended despite the presence of hardware or software faults;
Recoverability – Degree to which, in the event of an interruption or a failure, a product or system can recover the data directly affected and re-establish the desired state of the system;
Availability – Degree to which a product or system is operational and accessible when required for use.
Performance Efficiency: The product must have characteristics that guarantee the efficiency of the resources necessary to its operationalization, namely, in relation to the behavior in relation to:
Time-behavior – Degree to which the response and processing times and throughput rates of a product or system, when performing its functions, meet requirements;
Resource Utilization – Degree to which the amounts and types of resources used by a product or system, when performing its functions, meet requirements;
Capacity – Degree to which the maximum limits of the product or system, parameter meet requirements.
Portability: The product must have characteristics that show the possibility to be transferred from one operating environment to another, especially:
Adaptability – Degree to which a product or system can effectively and efficiently be adapted for different or evolving hardware, software or other operational or usage environments;
Installability – Degree of effectiveness and efficiency in which a product or system can be successfully installed and/or uninstalled in a specified environment;
Replaceability – Degree to which a product can replace another specified software product for the same purpose in the same environment.
Security: The product must have security features, especially:
Confidentiality – Degree to which the prototype ensures that data are accessible only to those authorized to have access;
Integrity – Degree to which a system, product or component prevents unauthorized access to, or modification of, computer programs or data;
Non-repudiation – Degree to which actions or events can be proven to have taken place, so that the events or actions cannot be repudiated later;
Accountability – Degree to which the actions of an entity can be traced uniquely to the entity;
Authenticity – Degree to which the identity of a subject or resource can be proved to be the one claimed.
Maintainability: The product must have maintenance features, especially:
Modularity – Degree to which a system or computer program is composed of discrete components such that a change to one component has minimal impact on other components;
Reusability – Degree to which an asset can be used in more than one system, or in building other assets;
Analyzability – Degree of effectiveness and efficiency with which it is possible to assess the impact on a product or system of an intended change to one or more of its parts, or to diagnose a product for deficiencies or causes of failures, or to identify parts to be modified;
Modifiability – Degree to which a product or system can be effectively and efficiently modified without introducing defects or degrading existing product quality;
Testability – Degree of effectiveness and efficiency with which test criteria can be established for a system, product or component and tests can be performed to determine whether those criteria have been met.
Functional Suitability: The product must have attributes showing the existence of the following functions:
Functional completeness – Degree to which the set of functions covers all the specified tasks and user objectives.
Functional correctness – Degree to which the functions provides the correct results with the needed degree of precision.
Functional appropriateness – Degree to which the functions facilitate the accomplishment of specified tasks and objectives.
Usability: The product must have features that ensure the use by its recipients, in particular, regarding:
Appropriateness recognizability – Degree to which users can recognize whether a product or system is appropriate for their needs;
Learnability – Degree to which a product or system enables the user to learn how to use it with effectiveness, efficiency in emergency situations;
Operability – Degree to which a product or system is easy to operate, control and appropriate to use.
User error protection – Degree to which a product or system protects users against making errors.
User interface aesthetics – Degree to which a user interface enables pleasing and satisfying interaction for the user.
Accessibility – Degree to which a product or system can be used by people with the widest range of characteristics and capabilities to achieve a specified goal in a specified context of use.
Compatibility: The product must have attributes showing the existence of the following functions:
Co-existence – Degree to which a product can perform its required functions efficiently while sharing a common environment and resources with other products, without detrimental impact on any other product;
Interoperability – Degree to which two or more systems, products or components can exchange information and use the information that has been exchanged.
Reliability: The product must have characteristics of reliability to their performance level, under conditions and in time established, including:
Maturity – Degree to which a system, product or component meets needs for reliability under normal operation;
Fault tolerance – Degree to which a system, product or component operates as intended despite the presence of hardware or software faults;
Recoverability – Degree to which, in the event of an interruption or a failure, a product or system can recover the data directly affected and re-establish the desired state of the system;
Availability – Degree to which a product or system is operational and accessible when required for use.
Performance Efficiency: The product must have characteristics that guarantee the efficiency of the resources necessary to its operationalization, namely, in relation to the behavior in relation to:
Time-behavior – Degree to which the response and processing times and throughput rates of a product or system, when performing its functions, meet requirements;
Resource Utilization – Degree to which the amounts and types of resources used by a product or system, when performing its functions, meet requirements;
Capacity – Degree to which the maximum limits of the product or system, parameter meet requirements.
Portability: The product must have characteristics that show the possibility to be transferred from one operating environment to another, especially:
Adaptability – Degree to which a product or system can effectively and efficiently be adapted for different or evolving hardware, software or other operational or usage environments;
Installability – Degree of effectiveness and efficiency in which a product or system can be successfully installed and/or uninstalled in a specified environment;
Replaceability – Degree to which a product can replace another specified software product for the same purpose in the same environment.
Security: The product must have security features, especially:
Confidentiality – Degree to which the prototype ensures that data are accessible only to those authorized to have access;
Integrity – Degree to which a system, product or component prevents unauthorized access to, or modification of, computer programs or data;
Non-repudiation – Degree to which actions or events can be proven to have taken place, so that the events or actions cannot be repudiated later;
Accountability – Degree to which the actions of an entity can be traced uniquely to the entity;
Authenticity – Degree to which the identity of a subject or resource can be proved to be the one claimed.
Maintainability: The product must have maintenance features, especially:
Modularity – Degree to which a system or computer program is composed of discrete components such that a change to one component has minimal impact on other components;
Reusability – Degree to which an asset can be used in more than one system, or in building other assets;
Analyzability – Degree of effectiveness and efficiency with which it is possible to assess the impact on a product or system of an intended change to one or more of its parts, or to diagnose a product for deficiencies or causes of failures, or to identify parts to be modified;
Modifiability – Degree to which a product or system can be effectively and efficiently modified without introducing defects or degrading existing product quality;
Testability – Degree of effectiveness and efficiency with which test criteria can be established for a system, product or component and tests can be performed to determine whether those criteria have been met.