This program supports the establishment and maintenance of a distributed testing ecosystem through which communities can gain assurance regarding the security, usability, privacy and efficacy (S-U-P-E)-related performance of mobile applications that are designed, developed and operated to support contact tracing and exposure notification (CT/EN) functions used by public health organizations to help track the spread of infectious diseases.

In recognition of the variety of CT/EN mobile apps deployed during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are designing a database of CT/EN mobile app S-U-P-E principals and practices for reference by app testers, public health authorities, states, DDOs and individuals to aid in their review and improvement of their locally-deployed system. The database is compiled from the candidate principals and testing requirements drawn from Concern Reports directed at S-U-P-E concerns. Public health authorities can select locally-appropriate solutions from among the variety of principles and requirements in the database to help address local S-U-P-E-based adoption hurdles.