What is ISO 27034?

A series of international standards called ISO 27034 is devoted to managing software security and applying security measures during software development. It gives businesses best practises and guidance for incorporating security into their software development workflows. The ISO/IEC 27000 series, which addresses numerous facets of information security, includes the ISO 27034 standards.

ISO 27034 is divided into multiple sections, such as:

ISO 27034-1:

This Section addresses the Software security and the necessity for software security engineering are introduced and given an overview.

ISO 27034-2:

This Section addresses the Guidelines for creating and executing a secure software development life cycle (SDLC) methodology.

ISO 27034-3:

This section addresses the security requirements for software and offers recommendations for defining such requirements.

ISO 27034-4:

This section addresses safe software architecture and design and provides guidelines for creating software that is secure.

ISO 27034-5:

This section contains instructions for writing secure code as well as suggestions for secure coding practises.

ISO 27034-6:

This section provides guidelines for the vulnerability assessment and penetration testing phases of the software security testing process.

ISO 27034-7:

This section Provide the integration of software security activities into the software development process, as well as how to manage and assess the success of software security initiatives.