Created by Nucleus Systems
NS-CTAF is a public trust infrastructure for the software economy — defining trust, measuring trust, certifying trust, and making trust visible to the market.
A framework built on assurance work
NS-CTAF was created by Nucleus Systems (Pty) Ltd as part of its work in software assurance, code security, secure delivery, supply-chain risk, and evidence-based maturity measurement. It is positioned as a new category — Code Trust Assurance Intelligence — because it measures trust, evidence, maturity, certification, and continuous assurance rather than simply finding issues.
The initiative is deliberately launched as a serious market trust infrastructure, not a consulting brochure. Independence, methodological rigour, transparency, and commercial usefulness are the design goals.
Methodological rigour
Evidence-first scoring, hard gates, and independent review before certification.
Independence
Assessor ethics, conflict-of-interest, and quality-assurance policies.
Ecosystem
Independent advisors, accredited assessors, and partners as adoption grows.
Transparency
Published methodology, status rules, and versioned release notes.
How NS-CTAF stays trustworthy
A framework that certifies trust must itself be governed transparently. These safeguards keep NS-CTAF credible as it scales.
“Code trust is no longer a claim; it is evidence.”
Nucleus Systems (Pty) Ltd · NS-CTAF v1.0
Turn software assurance into an external trust signal.
Fixed fee $5,000 USD · ~20 business days · Final report, CTA certificate, and improvement roadmap.