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Embedding Security into Agile Development: Ten principles for rapid improvement

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Embedding Security into Agile Development
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Agile software development methods are proving a better match for today’s demanding business environments than traditional development approaches, but security concerns are not always given the necessary attention.

With around 86% of organisations leveraging agile for software development, information security must be just as agile and feature prominently across the whole of the software development lifecycle. The speed and frequency of application development presents unnecessary opportunities for exploitation, particularly if the software development lifecycle is not secure.

This executive summary provides an overview of the application of the ten agile security principles used to integrate security into agile processes and bolster existing practices to mitigate cyber risk.

Embedding Security into Agile Development
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