SECNAVINST 5230.15
DON CIO
10 April 2009
SECNAV INSTRUCTION 5230.15
From: Secretary of the Navy
Subj: INFORMATION MANAGEMENT/INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY POLICY
FOR FIELDING OF COMMERCIAL OFF THE SHELF SOFTWARE
Ref: (a) DON CIO memo, Department of the Navy Open Source
Software Guidance, of 05 June 07
(b) Subtitle III of title 40, United States Code
[formerly the Clinger-Cohen Act]
(c) SECNAVINST 5430.7P
(d) DON CIO WASHINGTON DC 041537Z Aug 08, Achieving Cost
Savings and Management Efficiencies by Purchasing
Commercially Available Software
(e) SECNAV M-5210.1
1. Purpose. This instruction provides policy on the fielding
and vendor support of Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) software.
2. Rationale. Unsupported COTS software poses unacceptable
operational and security vulnerability risks to the Information
Technology (IT) assets of the Department of the Navy (DON).
3. Scope. The provisions of this instruction are applicable
throughout the Department of the Navy.
4. Policy. It is the policy of the Department of the Navy that
all COTS software in use across the Department shall be vendor
supported.
a. The level of vendor support required shall be such that
identified operational problems and security vulnerabilities are
rapidly mitigated by vendor provided patches;
b. If the particular COTS software is no longer under
vendor standard support and has entered into an extended support
phase, the program and/or command which desires continued use of
the software must make the necessary arrangements for support,
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