Software Security Standard
(SSS)
Category: Governance & EnforcementSubcategory: Software Lifecycle Governance
The Software Security Standard (SSS) governs the
establishment, assessment, verification, determination,
acceptance, and lifecycle continuity of software security
conditions. It establishes the methodological conditions under
which software security can be recognized as an identifiable,
evidence-supported, and context-dependent governance state.
SSS governs security requirements, protected assets, threats,
attack surfaces, exposure, protective controls, security
testing, vulnerabilities, remediation verification, residual
risk, and security acceptance. It distinguishes declared
security from demonstrated security, implemented controls from
verified effectiveness, and security conformity from
authorized risk acceptance.
SSS governs Software Security Governance.
Declared Software Security ≠ Demonstrated Software Security.
Core Question: How can software security be defined,
demonstrated, assessed, and accepted through competent
evidence without mistaking implemented controls, successful
scans, or closed vulnerabilities for proof of sufficient
protection? Principal Output: Governed Software Security State