Chapter 8: Software Development Security Domain 8 Practice Questions
Questions from the following topics are included in this domain:
- Understanding and integrating security into the software development life cycle
- Identifying and applying security controls to software development
- Assessing the effectiveness of software security
- Assessing the security of acquired software
- Defining and applying secure coding guidelines and standards
To pass the CISSP exam, you must score high in the Software Development Security domain. Domain 8 has an 11% weighting on the exam and requires you to understand details regarding the software development life cycle (SDLC), development methodologies such as Agile and Waterfall, and change management.
A thorough understanding of security controls, as well as when and where to apply them, is critical to passing the CISSP exam. Such controls include software configuration management, security orchestration, and repositories...