AI in the Security Testing Process
How to use AI/GenAI to accelerate security testing (planning, triage, regressions, fuzzing and validation) without degrading evidence, confidentiality or human control
How to use AI/GenAI to accelerate security testing (planning, triage, regressions, fuzzing and validation) without degrading evidence, confidentiality or human control
Formal, cross-cutting and authoritative process for the management of exceptions to security requirements and controls in SbD-ToE
Checklist and structured validation model for the screening, approval and onboarding of contractors
Six cross-cutting dimensions for measuring the health of the SbD-ToE programme, aggregating domain indicators from all chapters for executive and risk management visibility.
Technical and process indicators specific to the domain of organisational security governance (GOV), with thresholds by risk level and mapping to the cross-cutting governance dimensions of SbD-ToE.
Example RACI template (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed) for SbD implementation
Conceptual foundations of SbD-ToE, structure of the manual, roles, governance and mandatory baseline
Structures, policies and practices to ensure organisational governance, supplier integration and transparency in the SbD-ToE cycle
Ways of validating, reinforcing and governing the application of the controls defined in other chapters of SbD-ToE
Strategies for applying formal security governance to legacy systems and contracts
Definition of formal roles, responsibilities and the application security decision flow
Prescription for the controlled use of automated generation tools (including AI) in development, without changing the application requirements
Practical integration of governance, exception and contracting practices into the SbD-ToE lifecycle
Organisational policies that support the adoption of secure architecture practices
Set of recommended policies to sustain and legitimise the CI/CD security practices described in the chapter
Setup and use of an isolated environment for the practical training of contractors before access to real systems
Formalised and executable procedure for the secure termination of contractors and suppliers
How the governance model contributes to the evolution of security maturity