PDP-11 SDLC – Security Reviews

What is PDP-11 SDLC – Security Reviews Control?

PDP-11 SDLC – Security Reviews talks about each change undergoing a security review. This needs to be formally called out in the policy, and a step-by-step procedure for performing this review must be documented.

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Available templates

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• N/A: no template for this section (see Security Review evidence below)

Control implementation

To implement this control,

You need to define and document a procedure for step-by-step guidance to perform security reviews. Implement a formal and repeatable process to perform security reviews as part of the change management workflow.

What evidence do auditors look for?

Most auditors, at a minimum, are looking for the below-suggested action:

1. Provide evidence that the security review requirement is in the policy or workflow.
2. Provide an example of a security review for one code change.

Evidence example

For the suggested action, an example is provided below:

1. Provide evidence that the security review requirement is in the policy or workflow.
   The following screenshot shows the security review procedures available on TrustCloud’s internal sharing site.
   
   
2. Provide an example of a security review for one code change.
   The following screenshot shows an example of a code review on a ticket in TrustCloud.