Secure software development life cycle

integration standards OWASP in SDLC OWASP Application Security Fragmentation Or how I worried less and stood on the shoulders of giants. - Spyros Gasteratos, Elie Saad 1. The Software Development LifeCycle and You The Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC) is often depicted as a 6 part cyclical process where every step builds on top of the previous ones. In a similar fashion, security can be embedded in a SDLC by building on top of previous steps with policies, controls, designs, implementations and tests making sure that the product only performs the functions it was designed to and nothing more. However, modern Agile practitioners often find themselves at an impasse, there is a wealth of competing projects, standards and vendors who all claim to be the best solution in the field. The following article attempts to provide a long list of Free (as in Freedom) and Open Source solutions and frameworks that worked for us. It’s split into 6 sections, mapping loosely with the SDLC stages on the diagram below. Each section involves somewhat exaggerated low and high maturity scenarios of following the approach listed in it. The entire article can be summarised by the diagram at its end. 1.1. Planning aka Requirements Gathering & Analysis The Requirements gathering process tries to answer the question: “What is the system going to do?” At this stage, the Organisations can use these to add solid security considerations at the start of the Software Development or Procurement process. T...

Learn about the phases of a software development life cycle, plus how to build security in or take an existing SDLC to the next level: the secure SDLC. The digital transformation that has swept across all industry sectors means that every business is now a software business. Whether you’re selling software directly to your customers or developing it to run your operations, your organization needs to protect your bottom line by building trust in your software without sacrificing the speed and agility that will keep you competitive in your market. However, many organizations still lag behind when it comes to building security into their software development life cycle (SDLC). Too many development teams still think of security as a bottleneck—a problem that forces them to rework code they thought was finished, and that prevents them from getting cool new features to market. But insecure software puts your business at increasing risk. Cool new features aren’t going to protect you or your customers if your product is open to exploitation by hackers. Your team needs to integrate security by developing secure software processes that enable, rather than inhibit, the delivery of high-quality, highly secure products to your market. Secure your SDLC to secure your business Ongoing reports of data breaches and supply chain attacks demonstrate that compromised software can have a devastating impact on your business. When software risk equates to business risk, it needs to be prioritize...

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