The guide presents Secure Software Development as embedding security throughout the SDLC rather than tacking it on late. It discusses how frameworks such as NIST SSDF, OWASP SAMM, and BSIMM help teams plan, design, implement, verify, deploy and maintain secure software by defining governance, intelligence (threat modelling), touchpoints (secure build, code reviews), and deployment operations (environment hardening, runtime controls). Practical examples cover threat modelling, software-bill-of-materials (SBOM)/cryptographic BOM, secret detection, SAST/DAST, DevSecOps pipelines, secure default configurations and red-teaming. The material emphasizes evaluating framework fit by business risk, compliance, and maturity, while warning against poor stakeholder buy-in or gaps in process and team alignment.

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