Secure SDLC
Secure software development practices applied across the lifecycle — design, implementation, and release — rather than as a single late-stage checkpoint. Includes AI-assisted development, where generated code needs the same review discipline as code a person wrote.
Why this category is thinner than the others right now
Secure SDLC spans design, implementation, and release practices broadly enough that it overlaps every other category in this library rather than owning a narrow, distinct topic of its own. Rather than publish a shallow overview article, the deeper coverage lives in the categories where the practices are concrete: CI/CD Security for pipeline-stage controls and Vulnerability Management for how findings get prioritized and tracked through to resolution.
A dedicated Secure SDLC article covering requirements-phase and design-phase practices specifically is a planned addition, not a gap left unacknowledged.
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Federal Security Services
Engineer-led application security, vulnerability research, and secure software development for federal programs. SAM.gov registered, Texas CMBL listed.
Framework Coverage
See how Strata Security maps findings to OWASP Mobile Top 10, ASVS, CWE, CVSS v3.1, MITRE ATT&CK Mobile, and NIST SSDF — full coverage matrix and mapping.
Go Deeper in the Reference Database
OWASP ASVS Controls
OWASP ASVS security verification requirements by chapter — authentication, communications, configuration, and more.
ASVS V2: Authentication
Requirements for how an application verifies identity — credential handling, multi-factor authentication, and session initiation.
ASVS V14: Configuration
Requirements covering build and deployment configuration — debug flags, exported components, and backup exposure.
Other Categories
Mobile Application Security
Static and dynamic analysis of Android and iOS applications, and the OWASP Mobile Top 10 framework findings map to.
Repository Security
Secret detection, dependency review, SAST patterns, and the access-control practices that keep a codebase auditable.
CI/CD Security
Pipeline trust boundaries, branch protection, artifact integrity, and deployment gating for GitHub Actions and GitLab CI.
Vulnerability Management
Turning raw findings into a prioritized, trackable backlog — beyond what a severity score alone can tell you.
Reverse Engineering
Manual analysis of compiled binaries — the toolchain and reasoning static analysis automates a subset of.
Software Supply Chain
Dependency provenance, build artifact integrity, and the trust boundaries every third-party package introduces.
Engineering Leadership
Making application security legible to the people who manage teams and answer for organizational risk.