Treating symptoms without an understanding of the underlying illness does not ultimately eradicate the disease; it just creates drug-resistant strains —not unlike the risks and threats that we see in software supply chains today. (The COVID pandemic is a perfect example of common symptoms with different root causes.)

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We have seen commercial products launch to more easily address the checklists and separate professionals from basic operations. Once the intent of a practice was lost, professionals became reliant upon tooling, never having gained full understanding. It is not surprising that hackers are able to circumvent security through lower-level vulnerabilities.

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Some of us still bear the scars of fighting those fires, as we were developing software and creating best practices ourselves. We have brought the background and intent back to each step in the process to explain the "why" of the standards, which are almost entirely about securing your application's development and protecting the data associated.
 

We map the process to your standards and regulations and use this opportunity to provide context to enable true governance. We not only educate but foster a well-documented and secure code base and supply chain, satisfying the need for intelligent, informed governance of your process.