Secure Software Development Lifecycle
Organization: {{COMPANY_LEGAL_NAME}} Document owner: {{POLICY_OWNER_ROLE}} Approved by: {{APPROVER_NAME}}, {{APPROVER_TITLE}} Version: {{VERSION}} · Effective: {{EFFECTIVE_DATE}} · Next review: {{REVIEW_DATE}} Classification: Internal
1. Purpose
This policy builds security into every stage of how {{COMPANY_LEGAL_NAME}} designs, develops, and ships software. The goal is simple: protect {{DATA_TYPES}} in the services that run on {{CRITICAL_SYSTEMS}} and are processed or stored in {{GEO_SCOPE}}, rather than bolting on checks at the end.
2. Scope
This policy applies to all custom code, infrastructure-as-code, scripts, and APIs the organization maintains. It covers the {{LOCATION}} engineering team working on managed {{DEVICE_TYPES}} and deploying to {{CRITICAL_SYSTEMS}}.
3. Policy statements
3.1 Security requirements and stories
We capture security requirements as user stories or tasks during backlog grooming and design, referencing common patterns such as input validation, authentication, and session management, along with any {{INDUSTRY}} obligations that apply.
3.2 Code review and static analysis
Every pull request needs peer review before it merges. Automated static analysis runs alongside it, with blocking rules on critical findings, and we pay particular attention to code paths that touch {{DATA_TYPES}} or {{CRITICAL_SYSTEMS}}.
3.3 Dependency and secrets scanning
We scan third-party packages across the app, containers, and infrastructure for known vulnerabilities on every build. Any commit or build that contains a hard-coded secret or credential is rejected.
3.4 Build pipeline security
Build runners are isolated and authenticate to artifact repositories with short-lived tokens. Pipeline permissions follow least privilege, deployment actions are logged, and release artifacts are signed and hash-verified at deploy time. We keep {{DATA_TYPES}} out of build logs and artifacts, and only managed {{DEVICE_TYPES}} may trigger production deployments to {{CRITICAL_SYSTEMS}}.
3.5 Pre-release testing
We run an internal or third-party penetration test for major releases and at least once a year, scoped to the components in {{CRITICAL_SYSTEMS}} that handle {{DATA_TYPES}}. Findings are tracked to closure before public launch, and reports and remediation evidence are stored in {{GEO_SCOPE}} where residency applies.
3.6 Measurement
Pipeline gates should show that all code is scanned and that no critical findings remain open at release for deployments to {{CRITICAL_SYSTEMS}}. Temporary allow-lists require documented risk, a fix timeline, and a note on any residual risk to {{DATA_TYPES}}.
4. Roles and responsibilities
| Role | Responsibility |
|---|---|
| Executive sponsor | Accountable for the program; approves this policy |
| {{POLICY_OWNER_ROLE}} | Maintains this policy and its procedures |
| Managers | Enforce the policy within their teams |
| All personnel | Comply; report issues promptly |
5. Compliance and exceptions
Non-compliance may result in disciplinary action. Code merged without required reviews or scans is reverted or blocked until corrected. Exceptions require documented risk acceptance by {{APPROVER_TITLE}} and are time-limited and reviewed.
6. Review
This policy is reviewed at least annually and when significant change occurs.
Aligned to ISO/IEC 27001:2022. {{COMPANY_LEGAL_NAME}} is not affiliated with or endorsed by the relevant standards body; full standard text is copyrighted and is not reproduced here.