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TDA-01.4: DevSecOps

TDA 6 — Medium Protect

Mechanisms exist to integrate cybersecurity and data protection into Development, Security and Operations (DevSecOps) to prioritize secure practices throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

Control Question: Does the organization integrate cybersecurity and data protection into emerging Development and Operations (DevOps) to prioritize secure practices throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)?

General (1)
Framework Mapping Values
SCF CORE Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures (MA&D) TDA-01.4
US (3)
Framework Mapping Values
US DoD Zero Trust Execution Roadmap 3.2.1 3.2.2
US DHS ZTCF DEV-03
US - CA CCPA 2025 7123(c)(14)

Capability Maturity Model

Level 0 — Not Performed

There is no evidence of a capability to integrate cybersecurity and data protection into emerging Development, Security and Operations (DevSecOps) to prioritize secure practices throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

Level 1 — Performed Informally

C|P-CMM1 is N/A, since a structured process is required to integrate cybersecurity and data protection into emerging Development, Security and Operations (DevSecOps) to prioritize secure practices throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

Level 2 — Planned & Tracked

C|P-CMM2 is N/A, since a well-defined process is required to integrate cybersecurity and data protection into emerging Development, Security and Operations (DevSecOps) to prioritize secure practices throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

Level 3 — Well Defined

Technology Development & Acquisition (TDA) efforts are standardized across the organization and centrally managed, where technically feasible, to ensure consistency. CMM Level 3 control maturity would reasonably expect all, or at least most, the following criteria to exist: o Provides governance oversight for the implementation of applicable statutory, regulatory and contractual cybersecurity and data protection controls to protect the confidentiality, integrity, availability and safety of the organization's applications, systems, services and data for technology development and acquisition. o Ensures the Information Assurance Program (IAP) evaluates applicable cybersecurity and data protection controls as part of “business as usual” pre-production testing. o Operates the Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM) program to identify and mitigate supply chain-related risks and threats.

  • Secure development practices conform to industry-recognized standards for secure engineering (e.g., OWASP, NIST SP 800-218, NIST SP 800-160, etc.).
  • A procurement team, or similar function, ensures that third party development and/ or acquisitions meet, or exceed, the organization's business, cybersecurity and data protection requirements to have secure and resilient systems, applications, services and processes.
  • A Software Assurance Maturity Model (SAMM) governs a secure development lifecycle for the development of systems, applications and services.
  • Administrative processes exist and technologies are configured to implement secure configuration settings by default to reduce the likelihood of software being deployed with weak security settings, putting the asset at a greater risk of compromise.
  • An IT Asset Management (ITAM) function, or similar function, categorizes devices according to the data the asset stores, transmits and/ or processes and applies the appropriate technology controls to protect the asset and data.
  • A formal Change Management (CM) program help to ensure that no unauthorized changes are made, all changes are documented, services are not disrupted and resources are used efficiently.
  • A Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) function, or similar function;
  • A Project Management Office (PMO), or project management function, enables IAP pre-production testing of cybersecurity and data protection controls as part of the organization's established project management processes.
Level 4 — Quantitatively Controlled

See C|P-CMM3. C|P-CMM4 is N/A, since a quantitatively-controlled process is not necessary integrate cybersecurity and data protection into emerging Development, Security and Operations (DevSecOps) to prioritize secure practices throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

Level 5 — Continuously Improving

See C|P-CMM4. There are no defined C|P-CMM5 criteria, since it is reasonable to assume a continuously-improving process is not necessary to integrate cybersecurity and data protection into emerging Development, Security and Operations (DevSecOps) to prioritize secure practices throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

Assessment Objectives

  1. TDA-01.4_A01 cybersecurity / data privacy is integrated into emerging Development and Operations (DevOps) to prioritize secure practices throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

Technology Recommendations

Micro/Small

  • Defined business processes
  • Product / project management
  • Defined technical requirements
  • Defined business requirements

Small

  • Defined business processes
  • Product / project management
  • Defined technical requirements
  • Defined business requirements

Medium

  • Defined business processes
  • Product / project management
  • Defined technical requirements
  • Defined business requirements
  • System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) governance / oversight

Large

  • Defined business processes
  • Product / project management
  • Defined technical requirements
  • Defined business requirements
  • System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) governance / oversight

Enterprise

  • Defined business processes
  • Product / project management
  • Defined technical requirements
  • Defined business requirements
  • System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) governance / oversight

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