By making sure we are building the right thing, we prioritize the needs and experiences of users, ensuring services are tailored to meet their expectations. A good service design helps organizations streamline processes, reducing waste and increasing productivity, ultimately leading to cost savings. The process considers the entire service ecosystem, including people, processes, and technology, leading to more sustainable and impactful solutions.
All organizations need to provide their users an online experience that is representative of their product or service. In human-centered technology, people are more likely to respond with the desired interactions, because you've put them at the heart of the design and development process.
As America’s Cyber Defense Agency, CISA has created a Secure by Design Pledge for software development companies. By taking the pledge, companies have committed to making a good-faith effort towards seven key goals related to Secure by Design.
Products designed with Secure by Design principles prioritize the security of customers as a core business requirement, rather than merely treating it as a technical feature. During the design phase of a product’s development lifecycle, companies should implement Secure by Design principles to significantly decrease the number of exploitable flaws before introducing them to the market for widespread use or consumption.
See all the Secure by Design Pledge Signers here.
In general, the earlier in the software development lifecycle (SDLC) that security is addressed, the less effort and cost is ultimately required to achieve the same level of security. This principle, known as shifting left, minimizes any technical debt that would require remediating early security flaws late in development or after the software is in production, resulting in software with stronger security and resiliency.
Minimum Viable Secure Product (MVSP) is a list of essential application security controls that should be implemented in enterprise-ready products and services. The controls are designed to be simple to implement and provide a good foundation for building secure and resilient systems and services. MVSP is based on the experience of contributors in enterprise application security and has been built with contributions from a range of companies.
We recommend that all companies building enterprise software and services, or otherwise handling sensitive information, implement the MVSP controls and, where possible, go beyond them using the Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF).
