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Software Security Requirements Checklist

Identify stakeholders

Define software scope and boundaries

Identify security-relevant software functions

Identify and prioritize software assets

Identify possible security threats

Approval: Security Threats

Create a security requirement specification document

Define the acceptable risk levels

Approval: Acceptable Risk Levels

Perform a risk assessment

Review regulatory, legal, and compliance requirements

Design security controls based on requirements

Approval: Security Controls Design

Test the effectiveness of security controls

Approval: Security Controls Testing

Review and amend the security requirement specification document

Approval: Final Security Requirement Specification Document

Create a strategy for maintaining and updating security requirements

Approval: Security Maintenance Strategy

Communicate software security requirements to all stakeholders

Identify stakeholders

This task involves identifying all the individuals or groups who have an interest or influence over the software security requirements. Stakeholders may include project managers, software developers, system administrators, end-users, and security auditors. The main objective of this task is to gather and document the names and contact information of all the stakeholders to ensure effective communication throughout the software security process.

Name

Define software scope and boundaries

In this task, you will define the boundaries and scope of the software system to determine the parts that need to be included in the security requirements. Consider both the functional and non-functional aspects of the software. The aim is to clearly establish what the software will and will not do in terms of security.

Describe the software scope and boundaries

Identify security-relevant software functions

This task involves identifying the functions and features of the software that are related to security. These may include user authentication, data encryption, access controls, logging mechanisms, and error handling. The purpose is to ensure that all security-relevant functions are accounted for in the security requirements.

Select security-relevant software functions