Secure-by-Design Pledge Compliance Profile, v1.0
Profile of requirements from the Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA), for providers of enterprise software products and services - including on-premises software, cloud services, and software as a service (SaaS). Enables an organization to demonstrate alignment with the principles and practices articulated by the Secure-by-Design initiative.
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https://artifacts.trustmarkinitiative.org/lib/tips/secure-by-design-pledge--compliance-profile/1.0/
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Publication Date |
2025-05-15 |
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Keywords |
Secure by Design,
Secure by Default,
Software Security,
Cybersecurity,
DHS,
CISA
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Legal Notice |
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Trust Expression:
TD_MFAbyDefault and TD_MFAReminders and TD_SupportforStandardsBasedSSO and TD_PublicationofMFAAdoptionStatistics and TD_PhishingResistantMFAforAdminAccounts and TD_RandomInstanceUniqueInitialPasswords and TD_StrongPasswordCreationDuringInstallation and TD_LimitedUseSetupPasswords and TD_TransitionAwayfromDefaultPasswords and TD_PublicationofDefaultPasswordUsageStatistics and TD_PreventionofSQLInjectionAttacks and TD_WebTemplateFrameworkswithXSSProtections and TD_MemorySafetyRoadmap and TD_SecurebyDefaultLibraries and TD_PublicationofCVERootCauseAnalyses and TD_AutoInstallationofSoftwarePatches and TD_ClearCommunicationRegardingProductEndofLife and TD_DirectApplicationofPatchesforSaaSandCloudOfferings and TD_PublicationofPatchAdoptionRates and TD_PublicationofVDPAuthorizingPublicProductTesting and TD_VulnerabilityReportingChannelandPublicDisclosure and TD_MachineReadableVDP and TD_InclusionofAccurateCWEandCPEinCVENotices and TD_PromptIssuanceofCVENoticesforCriticalVulnerabilities and TD_PublicationofCVEIssuancePolicy and TD_BaselineLoggingforConfigurationChangesandAccessEvents and TD_ReasonableRetentionofLogsatNoExtraCost and TD_PublicationofSupplementalMonitoringGuidance
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MFA by Default, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) by default for all users and administrators upon first registration, across all of its product and service offerings. |
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TD_MFAbyDefault |
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MFA Reminders, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to implement user prompts or reminders to encourage adoption of multi-factor authentication (MFA), e.g., through seat belt chimes, banners, interstitials, etc., across all of its product and service offerings. |
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TD_MFAReminders |
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Support for Standards-Based SSO, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to support single sign-on (SSO) configurations that are standards-based (e.g., using SAML or OpenID Connect) and that enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) through customers' identity providers, across all of its product and service offerings. |
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TD_SupportforStandardsBasedSSO |
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Publication of MFA Adoption Statistics, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to periodically publish aggregate statistics on the adoption of multi-factor authentication (MFA) within its products and services, categorized by user type and MFA method. |
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TD_PublicationofMFAAdoptionStatistics |
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Phishing-Resistant MFA for Admin Accounts, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to prioritize adoption of phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA) for administrative accounts, across all of its product and service offerings. |
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TD_PhishingResistantMFAforAdminAccounts |
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Random Instance-Unique Initial Passwords, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to provide random, instance-unique initial passwords for each product installation, across all of its product and service offerings. |
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TD_RandomInstanceUniqueInitialPasswords |
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Strong Password Creation During Installation, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to require users to create a strong password during initial product installation and configuration, across all of its product and service offerings. |
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TD_StrongPasswordCreationDuringInstallation |
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Limited-Use Setup Passwords, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to use time-limited setup passwords that auto-disable after configuration completion, across all of its product and service offerings. |
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TD_LimitedUseSetupPasswords |
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Transition Away from Default Passwords, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to take steps to transition all of its existing product and service deployments away from default passwords through outreach campaigns or software updates. |
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TD_TransitionAwayfromDefaultPasswords |
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Publication of Default Password Usage Statistics, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to periodically publish statistics on its products that are still using default passwords, as well as progress of customer efforts to migrate away from default passwords. |
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TD_PublicationofDefaultPasswordUsageStatistics |
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Prevention of SQL Injection Attacks, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to enforce use of parameterized database queries to prevent SQL injection attacks, across all of its product and service offerings. |
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TD_PreventionofSQLInjectionAttacks |
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Web Template Frameworks with XSS Protections, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to adopt web template frameworks with built-in cross-site scripting (XSS) protections, across all of its product and service offerings. |
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TD_WebTemplateFrameworkswithXSSProtections |
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Memory-Safety Roadmap, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to develop and implement an organizational memory-safety roadmap to transition all of its product and service offerings to memory-safe languages. |
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TD_MemorySafetyRoadmap |
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Secure-by-Default Libraries, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to provide its product developers with secure-by-default libraries and functions that eliminate common classes of vulnerabilities. |
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TD_SecurebyDefaultLibraries |
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Publication of CVE Root Cause Analyses, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to publish root-cause analyses of common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs), across all of its product and service offerings. |
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TD_PublicationofCVERootCauseAnalyses |
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Auto-Installation of Software Patches, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to enable automatic installation of software patches by default where appropriate, across all of its product and service offerings. |
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TD_AutoInstallationofSoftwarePatches |
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Clear Communication Regarding Product End-of-Life, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to clearly communicate end-of-life (EOL) timelines and offer transition support or guidance for unsupported products, across all of its product and service offerings. |
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TD_ClearCommunicationRegardingProductEndofLife |
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Direct Application of Patches for SaaS and Cloud Offerings, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to apply patches directly for all of its cloud-based and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) product and service offerings without requiring customer action. |
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TD_DirectApplicationofPatchesforSaaSandCloudOfferings |
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Publication of Patch Adoption Rates, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to publish patch adoption rates by product version over time, across all of its product and service offerings. |
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TD_PublicationofPatchAdoptionRates |
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Publication of VDP Authorizing Public Product Testing, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to publish a vulnerability disclosure policy (VDP) that authorizes public testing of its products and services, and prohibits legal action against good-faith researchers who engage in such testing. |
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Vulnerability Reporting Channel and Public Disclosure, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to provide a clear vulnerability reporting channel for its products and services, and also allow public disclosure of discovered vulnerabilities as per coordinated disclosure standards. |
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TD_VulnerabilityReportingChannelandPublicDisclosure |
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Machine-Readable VDP, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to implement a machine-readable vulnerability disclosure policy (VDP), e.g., in a 'security.txt' file, for accessibility by vulnerability researchers. |
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TD_MachineReadableVDP |
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Inclusion of Accurate CWE and CPE in CVE Notices, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to include accurate common weakness enumeration (CWE) and common platform enumeration (CPE) fields in every common vulnerability and exposure (CVE) record that it publishes about its products and services. |
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Prompt Issuance of CVE Notices for Critical Vulnerabilities, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to issue common vulnerability and exposure (CVE) notices promptly for all critical/high-impact vulnerabilities requiring customer action or under active exploitation, for all of its product and service offerings. |
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TD_PromptIssuanceofCVENoticesforCriticalVulnerabilities |
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Publication of CVE Issuance Policy, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to publicly document its common vulnerability and exposure (CVE) issuance policies and also encourage CVE filing for lower-severity vulnerabilities. |
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TD_PublicationofCVEIssuancePolicy |
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Baseline Logging for Configuration Changes and Access Events, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to provide baseline logging for configuration changes, identity, network, and data access events, across all of its product and service offerings. |
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Reasonable Retention of Logs at No Extra Cost, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to retain logs for a reasonable period (e.g., 6 months) at no extra cost for all of its cloud-based or Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) product and service offerings. |
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TD_ReasonableRetentionofLogsatNoExtraCost |
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Publication of Supplemental Monitoring Guidance, v1.0
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Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to publish monitoring guidance for products that lack a cybersecurity incident logging capability, across all of its product and service offerings. |
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SBDP |
Secure-by-Design Pledge. https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/cisa-secure-design-pledge. Sourced May 2025. |
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