SDLC

What Is It?

Software Defined Life Cycle (SDLC) is the process for creating software, commonly applications. The process normally consists of requirements gathering, analysis of the requirements to guide design, the design of new features based on the requirements, writing code to meet requirements, testing and verification of the code mapped against the original requirements, deploying the code to bring the application into life with the final part of the process being maintaining the application and adding new functionality if the requirements change.

Why Assess It?

There are many reasons to conduct a SDLC security assessment, five of which are below.

Repeatable Assurance

With a robust and secure SDLC your organisation can be confident in the level of assurance given over numerous different releases of the same application as well as have confidence in the process which can be used in other projects.

Shift Security Left

By improving the security of your SDLC you will be able to fix issues at source before they arrive at any functional testing later down the line as well as capture security as a requirement through the entire process. This ensures maximum resilience without having monolithic and time extensive assurance requirements prior to go live.

Cost Saving

As time and effort are deployed into developing the project, costs increase. To fix a security vulnerability from a deployed application takes time to understand the function the vulnerability is in, trace back the code and understand the flow around it before you can set about fixing the issue. Conversely if this vulnerability was mitigated by capturing security in the requirements stage it would likely would not have come into existence. Even if it was not mitigated by security requirements, it would still be far more cost effective to fix during an initial security check during a code commit.

Increased Reliability

Your organisation develops applications and these need to be robust both from a security point but also from an integrity point. By conducting a SDLC security assessment you will be able to ensure that the code written is of a robust nature and that your process to progress it through to deployment and maintenance is secure from any malicious threat actor intersplicing it their own additions.

Empower Modern Working

Development does not happen through an individual or even just your development team. Code and libraries come from other projects or open source developments. With a secure SDLC you can attest the security of these dependencies, ensuring that you fully empower your developers to write the best code possible without  security being seen as a blocker.

The Agility Cyber Approach

Like all our engagements, we want you to get the most out of your SDLC security assessment and we do this by:

Understand Dependency Trust

Your code does not come from one place. We have the experience and knowledge of how to ensure the risk of dependencies are managed, offering you both scalable and secure options without any draconian security approaches.

Streamline Security

We believe a secure SDLC should assist developers, not inhibit them. We work to ensure our findings and suggestions take into account your developers and organisational requirements, without adding extra administrative burden or convoluted processes.

Balancing Organisational Requirements

We take the time to understand your organisations risk appetite and what its functions are, ensuring we focus on adding value at the most impactful points in the SDLC process.

Enhance Your Responsiveness

An SDLC security assessment is not all about finding vulnerabilities. It is also ensuring the process is as painless as possible when it comes to the rectification of vulnerabilities identified. We work with you to showcase how a security challenge can be progressed through to resolution quickly and effectively.

Accurate Advice

Whilst SDLC is a process, we believe in clarity and accuracy in our recommendations. There are no abstract comments requiring further investigation. Instead it is actionable advice to help you secure your development lifecycle.

Benefits of Partnering with Agility Cyber

Mutually Invested

Our experts work with you, not against you. There are no egotistical celebrations when a serious issue is discovered, just rapid full disclosure with pragmatic suggestions for effective remediation followed by ongoing support.

Clarity and Simplicity

We always provide clarity, believe in simplicity and value your time. An example is rather than waiting until the engagement starts, we will conduct open source intelligence gathering activities before the scoping meeting to help us understand your organisations position and risk posture thus enabling us to ask better questions, securing you higher value and saving you time.

Full Consultancy

Our team, based in the UK, is technically exceptional but we pair that with business sense to discover, triage and help you remediate the full range of security issues.

Impartiality

We are impartial, we do not sell you products or the latest buzzword laden trending solution.

Outstanding Service

We have an industry leading turnaround, agility is in our name after all. Proposals are shared with you within 24 hours of the scoping meeting. Accurate and complete daily debriefs are given during every engagement. The report is shared within 5 working days at the latest.

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