Can It be done? Did the terms of our contract or Service Level Agreement adequately define the process and the outcome as expected and required? In the Business Continuity Planning Process, this term is often associated with the documented process and requirements of successful disaster recovery agreements and reveals if the tests used to "prove" the agreements actually work.
Software trial that allows a prospect to try out the product before buying it. Delivers a realistic slice of functionality and is often used as the foundation for the first application. A quickly built system to show the capabilities of an idea. A proof-of-concept should not become a live system, but usually does. A pilot, proof of concept and prototype are sometimes used synonymously.
a first version of malicious code which hackers publish on the internet to show how certain vulnerabilities can be exploited
Pre-clinical or clinical results demonstrating that a candidate drug or therapy is effective
the result of a process to prove that a concept is valid
An approach used for demonstrating immediate business benefit, proving feasibility and critical aspects of a solution, and to demonstrate value to the business. The proof-of-concept has a well-defined scope and set of objectives. The proof-of-concept may be the first incremental development effort for a data warehouse.
A proof-of-concept is the earliest implementation of an idea. A proof-of-concept malware usually contains code that runs on new platforms and programs or takes advantage of newly discovered vulnerabilities. Proof-of-concept malware often perform actions that have never been done before. For example, VBS_BUBBLEBOY was a proof-of-concept worm - it was the first email worm to automatically execute without requiring recipients to double-click on an attachment. Most proof-of-concept malware are never seen in-the-wild. However, malware writers will often take the idea (and code) behind a proof-of-concept malware and implement it in future malware.
