Continuous Improvement (APP-003-R010) - APP-003

Requirement Details & Guidance

APP-003-R010 · APP-003

Why This Requirement Exists

Embedding security throughout the SDLC reduces vulnerabilities and makes remediation cheaper before production deployment.

Implementation Guidance

Define security activities for requirements, design, development, testing, release, and maintenance. Establish security gates appropriate to application risk.

Practical Application & Audit Readiness

APP-003-R010 · Field Guidance

Business Examples

Common Audit Findings

Common Mistakes

Best Practices & Ownership

APP-003 · Recommended Approach

Recommended Practices

Typical Owner

Cross-Mapped Regulatory Frameworks

Harmonized Control Mappings

FRAMEWORK CODE	FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS	FAMILY / CATEGORY	VERSION	ACTION
ISO27001	ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 specifies auditable requirements for... Clause: 10.1 – Continual improvement	ISO Standard	v2022	View →
RBI-CSF	RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: 6) Application Security Life Cycle (ASLC) – 6.1 Information security across all application lifecycle stages; 6) Application Security Life Cycle (ASLC) – 6.6 Threat modelling, secure coding, security testing and secure rollout; 6) Application Security Life Cycle (ASLC) – 6.7 Address application vulnerabilities using best practices/OWASP and defence-in-depth	India Regulation	vLatest	View →
SEBI-CSCRF	SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 5.1 RS.MA: Incident Management; 5.3 RS.AN: Incident Analysis; 5.4 RS.IM: Improvements	India Regulation	vLatest	View →
DORA	Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis... Clause: Article 7 – ICT systems, protocols and tools Article 9(2) – ICT security policies, procedures, protocols and tools for resilience and data security	EU Regulation	vCurrent	View →
NIS2	NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri... Clause: Article 21(2)(e) – Security in network and information systems acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling and disclosure	EU Directive	vCurrent	View →
PCI-DSS	PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine... Clause: 6.1.1 – All security policies and operational procedures that are identified in Requirement 6 are documented, kept up to date, in use, and known to all affected parties.; 6.2.1 – Bespoke and custom software are developed	PCI Standard	v4	View →
NIST-CSF	NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: PR.PS – Platform Security \| PR.PS-06 – Secure software development practices are integrated, and their performance is monitored throughout the software development life cycle PR.PS – Platform Security \| PR.PS-01 – Configuration management practices are established and applied DE.CM – Continuous Monitoring \| DE.CM-09 – Computing hardware and software, runtime environments, and their data are monitored to find potentially adverse events	NIST Framework	v2	View →
NIST80053	NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i... Clause: 3.17 – SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION; SA-8 – SECURITY AND PRIVACY ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES, SA-17 – DEVELOPER SECURITY AND PRIVACY ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN	NIST Control Catalog	vRev. 5	View →
CIS-V8	CIS Controls CIS Controls are a prioritized set of cybersecurit... Clause: Control 16 – Application Software Security: 16.1 – Establish and Maintain a Secure Application Development Process	CIS Best Practice	vv8	View →
NPCI-ISR	NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont... Clause: Security Measures / Controls; Application Security Life Cycle	India Standard	vLatest	View →
SOC2	SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: CC8.1 – Change Management – The entity authorizes, designs, develops or acquires, configures, documents, tests, approves, and implements changes to infrastructure, data, software, and procedures to meet its objectives. CC5.2 – Control Activities – COSO Principle 11: The entity also selects and develops general control activities over technology to support the achievement of objectives. CC4.1 – Monitoring of Controls – COSO Principle 16: The entity selects, develops, and performs ongoing and/or separate evaluations to ascertain whether the components of internal control are present and functioning. CC4.2 – Monitoring of Controls – COSO Principle 17: The entity evaluates and communicates internal control deficiencies in a timely manner to those parties responsible for taking corrective action, including senior management and the board of directors, as appropriate.	AICPA Audit Framework	vLatest	View →

Parent Domain Context

Governance Domain Baseline

Domain Name:

Application Security (APP)

Purpose:

To ensure the security of internally developed and acquired applications.

Scope:

Enterprise

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Parent Control Context

Control Baseline

Control Name:

Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) (APP-003)

Summary:

Establishes SSDLC including security requirements, design review, threat modeling, secure development, verification, validation, security acceptance, review, and continuous improvement.

Business Description:

Establish and maintain a Secure Software Development Lifecycle integrating security requirements, secure design, threat modeling, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance activities into software development processes.

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