hi anurag, The main difference is it is a prescriptive model based on experience (opinion?). The BSIMM is a descriptive model based on observation of over 40 firms. Stay tuned for BSIMM3 in September-ish.
gem p.s. See Cargo Cult Computer Security<http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1562220> (January 28, 2010) for more on prescriptive versus descriptive models. From: Anurag Agarwal <anurag.agar...@yahoo.com<mailto:anurag.agar...@yahoo.com>> Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:48:50 -0400 To: 'Rohit Sethi' <rkli...@gmail.com<mailto:rkli...@gmail.com>>, Secure Code Mailing List <SC-L@securecoding.org<mailto:SC-L@securecoding.org>> Subject: Re: [SC-L] The Organic Secure SDLC Rohit – How is this different from BSIMM? Thanks, Anurag Agarwal MyAppSecurity Inc Cell - 919-244-0803 Email - anu...@myappsecurity.com<mailto:anu...@myappsecurity.com> Website - http://www.myappsecurity.com Blog - http://myappsecurity.blogspot.com LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/myappsecurity From: sc-l-boun...@securecoding.org<mailto:sc-l-boun...@securecoding.org> [mailto:sc-l-boun...@securecoding.org] On Behalf Of Rohit Sethi Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 2:45 PM To: Secure Code Mailing List Subject: [SC-L] The Organic Secure SDLC Hi all, Over the years we've had the opportunity to see the evolution of security in software development life cycles (SDLC) at many organizations. We've started to see patterns in how things evolve from a path of least resistance: from the bare minimum of production penetration testing through to security in requirements & QA. In order to help us assess where an organization stands in terms of application security maturity, we developed the Organic Secure SDLC model: http://www.sdelements.com/secure-sdlc/software-security-throughout-life-cycle-9-steps/ If you're an actual practitioner who has lived through developing a secure SDLC I'd love to hear your thoughts about the model's accuracy / relevancy. If you know of any practical whitepapers / articles that might be of use to somebody responsible for moving to the next in this model then please let me know. Cheers, -- Rohit Sethi SD Elements http://www.sdelements.com twitter: rksethi _______________________________________________ Secure Coding mailing list (SC-L) SC-L@securecoding.org List information, subscriptions, etc - http://krvw.com/mailman/listinfo/sc-l List charter available at - http://www.securecoding.org/list/charter.php SC-L is hosted and moderated by KRvW Associates, LLC (http://www.KRvW.com) as a free, non-commercial service to the software security community. Follow KRvW Associates on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/KRvW_Associates _______________________________________________
