Secure SDLC & Product Security Readiness
Enterprise customers, federal buyers and now EU product regulation expect proof that the software you ship was built securely: threat models, code review, dependency control, secrets management, signed builds and a way to receive and fix vulnerability reports. Most engineering teams do some of this well and none of it in a form they can show.
This assessment provides a readiness indicator based on the information provided. It is not an audit, a certification, or a guarantee of security outcomes.
The companies this problem finds first.
SaaS and software companies selling to enterprise or government
Companies preparing for SOC 2, ISO 27001 or FedRAMP where the product is in scope
Teams that have adopted CI/CD and open-source at scale without a security gate
Device, embedded and connected-product makers heading toward the EU Cyber Resilience Act
The moments that turn this from a someday into a now.
- Customer security review asks for SDLC evidence
- Secure software attestation or federal procurement requirement
- Breach or vulnerability disclosure in your product
- Rapid engineering growth or acquisition of a codebase
- AI-assisted coding adoption
- Preparing for the Cyber Resilience Act
15 areas, one control library.
Every area maps to controls already in the platform's single control library, so evidence collected here counts toward every other framework the business has adopted.
Security requirements and secure design
Threat modelling
Secure coding standards and training
Code review and static analysis
Dependency and open-source management
Secrets and credential management
Build pipeline integrity and signing
Testing: SAST, DAST, SCA, penetration testing
Vulnerability intake, disclosure and response
Release management and change control
Infrastructure-as-code and cloud configuration
API security
Container and artifact security
Logging and product telemetry
Environment separation and data handling in non-production
Deliverables you can hand to a buyer, a board or a regulator.
- SSDF-aligned practice coverage map (Prepare, Protect, Produce, Respond)
- Threat-model coverage register for in-scope products
- Pipeline integrity findings and signing / provenance gaps
- Vulnerability disclosure and response readiness
- Secure SDLC policy and standards set
- Remediation roadmap tied to the engineering backlog
- Evidence pack for customer security reviews
The sources every control cites.
Requirement statements are plain-English summaries for planning; the source instrument controls. Which of these reach your business is a question the assessment records with its reasoning, not one this page answers.
- NIST Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF) v1.1, SP 800-218
- OWASP Top 10 for Large Language Model Applications
- ISO/IEC 27001
- SOC 2
- NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0
- NIST SP 800-53
What each executive gets out of it.
CEO
Product security stops being the reason a deal slips a quarter.
CFO
Fewer emergency fixes, fewer customer credits, and a scoped programme instead of an open-ended hiring plan.
CTO / engineering
A practice-level map of what engineering already does well and the smallest set of changes that closes the gaps.
General counsel
Documented secure-development practices that stand behind contractual security warranties.
CISO / security lead
Engineering evidence that flows into the same control library the rest of the programme uses.
Integrated capabilities, not a separate programme.
Engagement tiers
Product Security · Enterprise Growth · Continuous Assurance. Tiers describe depth and cadence; there is no per-regulation price.
Usually bought by
CTO / engineering, Head of engineering, Chief product officer, CISO / security lead
Part of these packages
Startup Security Foundation · SaaS Enterprise Readiness · AI Company
The objections, answered directly.
Scanners are one of about twenty practices. Most gaps we find are in design, threat modelling, secrets, disclosure handling and provenance, which no scanner covers.
The assessment maps what you already do to the practices buyers ask about; most of the roadmap is evidence and policy, not new gates.
Buyers do not evaluate seniority; they evaluate documented, repeatable practice with evidence, which is exactly what this produces.
Start with the free check.
Secure SDLC Quick Check: a short, scored indicator of where you stand and the evidence that would close each gap. A consultant follows up to scope the full readiness engagement.