Cisco Secure Development Lifecycle

Cisco Secure Development Lifecycle (CSDL)

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The Cisco Secure Development Lifecycle (CSDL), Our process designed to mitigate the risk of vulnerabilities and increase resiliency of Cisco Products


CSDL Process : Concept, Plan, Develop, Validation, Launch, Response

CSDL Process : Concept, Plan, Develop, Validation, Launch, Response Concept: Functional Requirements, Process Requirements Plan: Threat Modeling Develop: Safer Code Libraries, Static Analysis Security Checkers, Implement Requirements Validation: Security Testing Launch: CSDL Compliance Verification Response: PSIRT Analysis, 3rd Party Software Vulnerability Monitoring Training
 CSDL at a Glance
  • Industry-leading secure software development best practices, processes, and tools
  • Focused on making security an inherit part of the development DNA
  • Built on the best practices and industry collaboration
  • Evolves and improves through evaluating the changing threat landscape and ongoing community engagement

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