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Software Development - Security

Vulnerability Management

Track and remediate vulnerabilities within the software development lifecycle to ensure compliance and system integrity.

High
Security Team
Vulnerability Management

Priority

High

Execution Context

This integration function enables the Security Team to systematically track, assess, and remediate security vulnerabilities identified during the coding phase. By anchoring directly to the Coding track, it ensures that security patches are applied before deployment, reducing exposure risks in production environments. The process involves automated scanning, priority-based triage, and verification of fixes, maintaining a secure software delivery pipeline without disrupting development velocity.

Automated static analysis tools scan code repositories for known vulnerability signatures during the coding phase.

Security engineers prioritize findings based on risk severity to determine remediation urgency.

Fixed vulnerabilities are verified through re-scanning before allowing code to proceed to testing or deployment stages.

Operating Checklist

Initiate automated scan of new code commits against vulnerability database

Generate detailed report with severity ratings and affected modules

Assign high-priority items to Security Team via ticketing system

Verify remediation completion through post-fix re-scanning

Integration Surfaces

CI/CD Pipeline Scanner

Automated integration that runs vulnerability checks against every commit pushed to the development branch.

Security Ticketing System

Platform where remediation tasks are assigned, tracked, and updated by the Security Team.

Code Review Interface

Collaborative space for developers to discuss and validate security fixes before merging changes.

FAQ

Bring Vulnerability Management Into Your Operating Model

Connect this capability to the rest of your workflow and design the right implementation path with the team.