It seems especially fitting to have a tribute to Watts S. Humphrey, as CMU SEI is the host of this year’s ICSSP Conference, the home of the Software Process Program and the software engineering process research program. Watts was known as the "Father of Software Quality." Humphrey, following a long career with IBM, served at the SEI from 1986 until his death in 2010. He dedicated the majority of his career to addressing problems in software development including software quality, programmer motivation and commitment, team process discipline, and how organizations can best support these. During Humphrey's tenure at the SEI, characteristics of best practices at the individual, team, and organizational levels were identified that laid the groundwork for the Personal Software Process, the Team Software Process, the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) for Software and, eventually, CMM Integration (CMMI). In 2005, Humphrey received the National Medal of Technology for his work in software engineering. Dr. Paul Nielsen and Dr. Lee Osterweil will share their tributes of Watts Humphrey and share their experiences and anecdotes of how Watts inspired software engineering engineers and executives worldwide to treat software development as an engineering discipline and adopt software engineering best practices worldwide.

How Capability Maturity Models Transformed Cybersecurity Performance Measurement

The work of Watts Humphrey has a lasting legacy in cybersecurity. In this session, Matt Butkovic will explore how the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) concept is employed as a predictive cybersecurity tool. This session includes an overview of several CMM-influenced methods, including the Cyber Resilience Review (DHS), the Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model (DOE), and the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (DoD).