Release assurance

The testing, evidence and named decisions that support shipping a change to production.

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Security engineering6 MIN READ

What should a security release decision rest on?

"The scans are green" is not a security release decision. A defensible one states what was tested, what is known to be wrong, who accepted it, and what would change the answer.

Security engineering6 MIN READ

Write security requirements the team can actually test

"The system shall be secure against unauthorised access" cannot be implemented, reviewed or verified. Security requirements become useful when each one names an actor, a condition and an observable result.