Secure Software Development Life Cycle
A framework that integrates security practices and considerations into every phase of the software development process, from initial design through deployment and maintenance, to minimize vulnerabilities and ensure secure applications. It is used across a range of industries and technical contexts to improve efficiency and outcomes.
Secure Software Development Life Cycle is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Application Security, DevSecOps, SDLC, Secure Development, and Security Engineering.
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- Machine-Readable Contract +18 pts — api_specs includes an OpenAPI document
- MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
- Agentic Access Contract +10 pts — agentic_access artifact present (x-agentic-access), graded by author
- Machine-Readable Auth +10 pts — a served openid-configuration/oauth-authorization-server carrying `issuer` (served), else the securitySchemes class in the provider OpenAPIs — bound (mutualTLS, DPoP, Signature) > negotiable (oauth2 authorizationCode/clientCredentials, openIdConnect) > bearer (http bearer, apiKey)
- Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
- Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
- Contract Quality scores 0.0 — up to +25.0 composite points
- Developer Ergonomics scores 0.0 — up to +20.0 composite points
- Access Clarity scores 0.0 — up to +20.0 composite points
Standards implemented 1
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Source (apis.yml)
deliveryModel:
model: unknown
open_source: false
commercial: false
callable_host: false
label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
confidence: low
source:
- none
generated: '2026-08-28'
method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
accessModel:
pricing: unknown
onboarding: unknown
trial: false
try_now: false
public: false
label: Unknown
confidence: low
source: []
generated: '2026-11-06'
method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/secure-software-development-life-cycle.png
name: Secure Software Development Life Cycle
description: A framework that integrates security practices and considerations into every phase of the software development
process, from initial design through deployment and maintenance, to minimize vulnerabilities and ensure secure applications.
It is used across a range of industries and technical contexts to improve efficiency and outcomes.
url: https://www.nist.gov/itl/executive-order-improving-nations-cybersecurity/recommended-minimum-standard-vendor-or-developer
tags:
- Application Security
- DevSecOps
- SDLC
- Secure Development
- Security Engineering
created: '2025'
modified: '2025'
apis: []
common: []
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