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Engineering Validation

The organization shall validate that engineering solutions meet security requirements and that security controls are effective. Validation shall include verification of security requirement compliance, testing of security controls, and assessment of security effectiveness, conducted before deployment with results documented.

Requirement ID
ARC-005-R006
Parent Control
ARC-005
Domain Code
ARC

Requirement Details & Guidance

ARC-005-R006 · ARC-005
Why This Requirement Exists

This requirement exists to verify security requirement compliance and control effectiveness before deployment and to ensure security architecture decisions are consistent, risk-informed, and traceable.

Implementation Guidance

Establish a documented process for verify security requirement compliance and control effectiveness before deployment. Define accountable roles, required inputs and outputs, approval or validation points, criteria, review frequency, exception handling, monitoring, and evidence requirements. Integrate the activity with architecture governance, risk management, security requirements, engineering, and change processes as applicable. Retain records sufficient to demonstrate that the control operates.

Practical Application & Audit Readiness

ARC-005-R006 · Field Guidance

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        Best Practices & Ownership

        ARC-005 · Recommended Approach

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          Cross-Mapped Regulatory Frameworks

          Harmonized Control Mappings
          FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
          IRDAI IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements... Clause: §2.5-3.2.5 – Technical review of applications
          India
          Guideline
          		 vLatest View →
          RBI-CSF RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: 5) Secure Configuration – 5.1 Baseline security requirements/configurations across device categories and lifecycle, with periodic review; 6) Application Security Life Cycle (ASLC) – 6.1 Information security across all application lifecycle stages; 6) Application Security Life Cycle (ASLC) – 6.9 Security evaluation and maturity assessment before adopting new technologies for critical systems
          India
          Regulation
          		 vLatest View →
          SEBI-CSCRF SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 3.4 PR.IP: Information Protection Processes and Procedures; 1.1 GV.OC: Organizational Context
          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)(f) – Policies and procedures to assess the effectiveness of cybersecurity risk-management measures
          EU
          Directive
          		 vCurrent View →
          PCI-DSS PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine... Clause: 2.2.1 – Configuration standards are developed,; 6.2.4 – Software engineering techniques or other
          PCI
          Standard
          		 v4 View →
          COBIT2019 COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f... Clause: 4.2 – Align, Plan and Organize (APO) > APO13 – Managed Security > APO13.02 – Define and manage an information security and privacy risk treatment plan.
          COBIT
          Governance Framework
          		 v2019 View →
          NIST-CSF NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: PR.IR – Technology Infrastructure Resilience | PR.IR-01 – Networks and environments are protected from unauthorized logical access and usage ID.AM – Asset Management | ID.AM-08 – Systems, hardware, software, services, and data are managed throughout their life cycles GV.OC – Organizational Context | GV.OC-04 – Critical objectives, capabilities, and services that external stakeholders depend on or expect from the organization are understood and communicated
          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 →
          SOC2 SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: CC5.2 – Control Activities – COSO Principle 11: The entity also selects and develops general control activities over technology to support the achievement of objectives. CC5.1 – Control Activities – COSO Principle 10: The entity selects and develops control activities that contribute to the mitigation of risks to the achievement of objectives to acceptable levels.
          AICPA
          Audit Framework
          		 vLatest View →

          Parent Domain Context

          Governance Domain Baseline
          Domain Name:
          Security Architecture (ARC)
          Purpose:
          To design secure systems and ensure security is built into the architecture.
          Scope:
          Enterprise
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          Parent Control Context

          Control Baseline
          Control Name:
          Secure Engineering Principles (ARC-005)
          Summary:
          Establishes secure engineering principles including design principles, engineering standards, security by design, technology integration, validation, monitoring, reporting, review, and continuous improvement.
          Business Description:
          Establish and maintain secure engineering principles, design practices, and architectural standards that are applied consistently across infrastructure, applications, cloud, platforms, and emerging technologies.
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