The AVCDL is a set of identified processes, requirements of those processes, generated products, and mappings from the generated products to their corresponding technical standard and regulatory (ISO/SAE 21434, ISO 24089, UN R155/6) work products: for the purpose of ensuring the creation of secure systems. It has been assessed by a leading certification body (see AVCDL Assessments below).
There's a lot of material here with more on the way. The recommended starting point is the AVCDL primary document. Between the primary and roughly 100 supporting documents, the AVCDL is over 950 pages, so it's recommended that you download or clone the repository. Although you could just download the primary document itself, there are outbound links to the secondary documents that are path relative. If you can get by with just picking things out yourself, then download the primary document, the secondary documents directory, and the working material directory.
There's a video overview of the AVCDL available here.
If you're just interested in the final product, use the distribution sub-tree. If you're interested in working on / with the source material, use the source sub-tree.
The AVCDL document workflow is described here.
The AVCDL has specific material that addressing supply chain issues.
The recommended starting point for suppliers is this page. It summarizes the documents, templates and links specific to suppliers.
If you'd like to download the repository, but aren't a Git user, you can download a ZIP archive. Instructions are provided here.
If you attempt to clone this repository on a Windows machine, you may run up against the 260 character fully-qualified path name limit. You can enable long FQPNs by following the instructions provided here.
The AVCDL is backed by a lot of preceding work. You can see a summary here.
We've written a series of blog posts to introduce the concepts motivating the AVCDL. You can find them here.
We've written a set of documents that elaborate on the AVCDL, its implementation and related topics. You can find them here.
There is documentation relating to the use of the AVCDL in the context of ISO/SAE 21434, ISO 26262, and UNECE WP.29 certification. You can find them here.
Companion video training material is currently under development.
The AVCDL has been assessed as complying to ISO/SAE 21434.
The AVCDL has been assessed as complying to UN R155.
The AVCDL is currently being assessed in the context of ISO 24089 and UN R156.
You can find results of these assessments here.
We're tracking when the AVCDL gets attention. You can find a list of mentions here.
The AVCDL has a lot of moving parts. We'll be providing material as soon as it has been reviewed by the certification body we're working with. You can see a summary of the secondary document status here.