SA-17(4) - Developer Security and Privacy Architecture and Design | Informal Correspondence

Require the developer of the system, system component, or system service to: (a) Produce, as an integral part of the development process, an informal descriptive top-level specification that specifies the interfaces to security-relevant hardware, software, and firmware in terms of exceptions, error messages, and effects; (b) Show via [Selection: informal demonstration; convincing argument with formal methods as feasible] that the descriptive top-level specification is consistent with the formal policy model; (c) Show via informal demonstration, that the descriptive top-level specification completely covers the interfaces to security-relevant hardware, software, and firmware; (d) Show that the descriptive top-level specification is an accurate description of the interfaces to security-relevant hardware, software, and firmware; and (e) Describe the security-relevant hardware, software, and firmware mechanisms not addressed in the descriptive top-level specification but strictly internal to the security-relevant hardware, software, and firmware.


Informational References

ISO 27001

ID: SA-17(4)
Enhancement of : SA-17

Countermeasures Covered by Control

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Space Threats Tagged by Control

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Sample Requirements

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Related SPARTA Techniques and Sub-Techniques

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