| TD: Creation of Source Code via Adherence to Secure Coding Practices

Creation of Source Code via Adherence to Secure Coding Practices, v1.1

Specifies requirements in accordance with NIST Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF), version 1.1, Practice PW.5: Creation of Source Code via Adherence to Secure Coding Practices. Requires an organization to decrease the number of security vulnerabilities in the software, and reduce costs by minimizing vulnerabilities introduced during source code creation that meet or exceed organization-defined vulnerability severity criteria.

Assessment Step

1 Adherence to Secure Coding Practices (AdherencetoSecureCodingPractices) Does the organization follow all secure coding practices that are appropriate to the development languages and environment to meet the organization's requirements? Artifact A1 Provide evidence (e.g. organizational policies, procedures, compliance/assessment reports, etc.) and supporting notes as appropriate to support the assessor's response to this assessment step.

Conformance Criteria (1)

Adherence to Secure Coding Practices The organization must follow all secure coding practices that are appropriate to the development languages and environment to meet the organization's requirements. Citation SSDF Task PW.5.1

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https://artifacts.trustmarkinitiative.org/lib/tds/creation-of-source-code-via-adherence-to-secure-coding-practices/1.1/

Publication Date

2025-05-15

Issuing Organization

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Keywords

Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle, SDLC, Secure Software Development Framework, SSDF, Software Security

Issuance Criteria

yes(ALL)

Target Recipient

Entities that want to demonstrate satisfaction of basic software development life cycle (SDLC) best practices such as those defined by the NIST Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF) 1.1

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Sources (1)

SSDF	NIST Special Publication 800-218, Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF), version 1.1. Published February 2022. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-218.

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