Remember SDLC
Full name: Software Development Life Cycle
Memory aid: Software Develops through a Life Cycle.
Security activities belong throughout the lifecycle.
Study area: MIS, risk & continuity · Batch 3
Relevant study for: CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 · ISC2 CISSP 2024 outline · CompTIA SecurityX · ISC2 CC
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SDLC — Software Development Life Cycle
Organizes software planning, development, operation, and retirement.
Why learn SDLC — Software Development Life Cycle?
Organizes software planning, development, operation, and retirement.
Where it came from
Security activities belong throughout the lifecycle.
- Memory aid (a learning cue, not the expansion): Software Develops through a Life Cycle.
Build your understanding
Work through these exercises in order. Try the task before opening a reference.
- Without looking, expand SDLC: Software Development Life Cycle.
- Recall this memory aid: Software Develops through a Life Cycle.
- Explain the practical use: Organizes software planning, development, operation, and retirement.
- Explain this distinction: Security activities belong throughout the lifecycle.
- Identify SDLC in a device specification, architecture diagram, or system inventory.
Documentation and sources
- NIST cybersecurity glossary (csrc.nist.gov)