SA-15 Development process, standards, and tools
Requires the developer to work to a documented process that deals expressly with the security and privacy requirements, names the standards and tools in use, records the tool options and configurations chosen, and contro
4
artefacts
0
held by a system
2
at each review
hard
to go live
Policy repository / GRC workspace
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
none for this control
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Change control evidence for the development process and toolchain · Document repository
- Organizational review records at the defined frequency against the defined criteria · Document repository
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Developer development process documentation showing security and privacy requirements addressed · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Register of standards, tools, tool options and configurations used · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
This control is evidenced by people and documents, not systems. Put the document under version control with an owner and review date, and log each review as a record with reviewer and date. Do not try to automate it.
Common gaps auditors find
- Process documented by the developer but never reviewed by the acquiring organization
- Tool configurations undocumented, so security relevant settings can change silently
- Review criteria never defined, so the review has no pass or fail meaning
Do this for your whole sheet
Paste the rows you run your controls from and get this mapping for every control at once, with the periodic-review ones flagged and a first move per row. No account for the first run.
Build my evidence sheetSA-11 Developer testing and evaluation · SA-16 Developer-provided Training. Require the developer of the system, system component, or system service to provide the following training on the correct use and operation of the implemented security and privacy functions, controls, and/or mechanisms: