SSP Adoption Strategies

The best way to adopt OSCAL for your system depends on your circumstances. The OSCAL Foundation defines two adoption strategies:

Retrofit Adoption Path: Converting Legacy Documentation
~~New~~Native Adoption Path: Creating New Documentation

Retrofit Adoption Path

If you need to convert legacy documentation to OSCAL, follow the Retrofit Adoption Path.

Migrate existing content to OSCAL with the minimum necessary refactoring, and normalize content over time.

NewNative Adoption Path

If you are approaching OSCAL to intially create your system security plan and do not have legacy documentaiton to convert, follow the ~~New~~Native Adoption Path.