What evidence do auditors commonly ask for on PO.3.2 Toolchain Configuration and Integration?

Configuration repository for CI and security tools; Drift detection alerts; Change approval log for tool configuration; Rollback procedure.

What is the most common gap auditors find on PO.3.2?

configuration drifts because changes are made in the UI

NIST SP 800-218 (SSDF) · Prepare the Organization

`PO.3.2` Toolchain Configuration and Integration

Configure and integrate development tools so they enforce the secure development policy. Treat configuration as code and version control changes to it.

Source: NIST SP 800-218 (SSDF), PO.3.2. The statement above is our statement of the clause, read from the published text and cited so you can check it against the official text, not the instrument verbatim. Open NIST SP 800-218 (SSDF) in the compliance library.

artefacts

held by a system

at each review

easy

to go live

SIEM / log platform

where the evidence lives

teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review. To go live: easy when half or more of the artefacts are already held by a system, moderate from a quarter to a half, hard below a quarter.

These are the artefacts auditors commonly ask for on this requirement, our guidance rather than text from the standard. Your assessor decides what is sufficient in your context, and asks for samples across the period when a report covers one.

system holds itEvidence a system already holds

Configuration repository for CI and security tools · Source control / CI pipeline
Drift detection alerts · SIEM / log platform
Change approval log for tool configuration · SIEM / log platform

periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review

none for this control

governing documentDocuments that govern the control

Rollback procedure · Policy repository / GRC workspace

First move

Automate the pull from your SIEM / log platform. Retention and alert rules exported from the SIEM; review evidence is the closed-alert record with reviewer and time.

Common gaps auditors find

configuration drifts because changes are made in the UI
no drift detection in place
rollback procedure untested

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 sheet

PO.3.1 Supporting Toolchain Selection · PO.3.3 Toolchain Generates Security Artifacts