Apex Assurance Group

Security is all about quality, and SDL is a benchmark for quality products.

Apex Assurance has a team of experienced professionals in SDL design, development, and implementation. We are ready to help you implement an SDL model with end-to-end integrated security specifically tailored for your organization that will successfully maintain continuous product development processes.

We specialize in implementing the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) process defined by Microsoft. This methodology provides a clean and powerful way to improve the quality of source code.

Apex Assurance will help you:

  • Assist and train your organization’s stakeholders on baseline security requirements and engaging each stage of the SDL process to deliver more secure products from the start.
  • Leverage SDL integration planning and advice for SDL planning for software design in accordance with your company’s organization and policy capabilities, user requirements, industry standards, and threat models.
  • Analyze and compare tools to enhance the development process
  • Implement security controls to strengthen the assurance of your products
    • Policy Development, Review, Design, Implementation, Measurements/Benchmarking
    • Process Development & Implementation, Measurements/Benchmarking
    • Requirements and Design.  Apex can help you design, develop and implement a security development plan for integration into your products design in accordance with product design and certifications, user requirements, industry standards and compliance, and threat models.
      • Conduct a review of a system’s design
      • Identify security implications of the design

The Microsoft SDL Portal contains a wealth of information on SDL.