ISO27001A.8.25voice-validated
ISO27001 A.8.25: A.8.25
ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Information Security Management
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Founder at SQUR · last verified 2026-06-19
Regulation text
Rules for the secure development of software and systems shall be established and applied. Theme: Technological controls. (Full guidance: ISO/IEC 27002:2022 §8.25.)
ATT&CK techniques this article tests · 15
| Technique | Why it maps | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| T1190 | 1. Secure development rules, as per A.8.25, prevent vulnerabilities in public-facing applications. This reduces the attack surface for exploitation, directly hindering initial access attempts. | 90% |
| T1133 | 2. Establishing secure development rules (A.8.25) ensures external remote services are configured and implemented without exploitable flaws, preventing their misuse for initial access. | 85% |
| T1547.001 | 3. Secure development practices mandated by A.8.25 prevent the introduction of vulnerabilities that allow attackers to modify system startup configurations for persistence. | 80% |
| T1068 | 4. A.8.25's secure development rules directly address the prevention of software vulnerabilities that attackers exploit to escalate privileges within systems. | 95% |
| T1548.001 | 5. Implementing secure development rules (A.8.25) reduces the likelihood of software flaws that can be exploited to bypass elevation control mechanisms like UAC, maintaining privilege separation. | 85% |
| T1027 | 6. Secure development, as per A.8.25, includes practices to prevent or detect code obfuscation, making defense evasion more difficult for attackers. | 75% |
| T1055 | 7. Rules for secure development (A.8.25) aim to eliminate vulnerabilities that enable process injection, thereby preventing attackers from executing malicious code within legitimate processes. | 80% |
| T1003 | 8. A.8.25 mandates secure development, which includes protecting sensitive data like credentials, thereby preventing vulnerabilities that lead to OS credential dumping. | 85% |
| T1552.001 | 9. Secure development rules (A.8.25) enforce proper handling and storage of credentials, preventing their insecure placement in files and mitigating credential access. | 90% |
| T1083 | 10. Secure development practices under A.8.25 reduce vulnerabilities that attackers exploit to gain unauthorized access to file systems for discovery purposes. | 70% |
| T1046 | 11. A.8.25's secure development rules ensure network services are robust and free from exploitable flaws, limiting their discovery and subsequent exploitation by adversaries. | 75% |
| T1021.001 | 12. Secure development rules (A.8.25) ensure remote services like RDP are implemented without vulnerabilities, preventing their exploitation for lateral movement. | 80% |
| T1021.002 | 13. A.8.25 mandates secure development, which includes hardening network protocols like SMB, reducing vulnerabilities that facilitate lateral movement. | 80% |
| T1071.001 | 14. Secure development practices (A.8.25) prevent vulnerabilities in application layer protocols, hindering their use for command and control communications. | 75% |
| T1041 | 15. By preventing vulnerabilities in software and systems (A.8.25), the control reduces opportunities for attackers to establish C2 channels for data exfiltration. | 70% |
Defending mitigations · 6
| Mitigation | What it does | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| M1051 | 1. A.8.25 directly mandates establishing and applying rules for secure development, aligning with a Secure Software Development Lifecycle to prevent vulnerabilities. | 95% |
| M1047 | 2. Secure development rules (A.8.25) include requirements for code reviews and security testing, which are forms of auditing to identify and remediate vulnerabilities. | 85% |
| M1030 | 3. While not direct, secure system design under A.8.25 can incorporate network segmentation principles, limiting the blast radius if a vulnerability is exploited. | 70% |
| M1026 | 4. A.8.25's secure development rules contribute to robust privilege management, ensuring applications and systems handle privileges securely, reducing the impact of exploitation. | 80% |
| M1038 | 5. A.8.25 explicitly requires establishing "rules for the secure development," which constitutes a security policy guiding development practices. | 90% |
| M1035 | 6. Secure development (A.8.25) includes designing systems with least privilege access to resources, preventing attackers from exploiting vulnerabilities to gain excessive access. | 75% |
Underlying weaknesses · 7
| CWE | Why it persists | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-89 | 1. A.8.25's secure development rules prevent SQL injection by enforcing proper input validation and parameterized queries in database interactions. | 90% |
| CWE-79 | 2. Secure development practices mandated by A.8.25 include output encoding and input validation to prevent cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. | 90% |
| CWE-78 | 3. A.8.25 requires secure development, which prevents OS command injection by ensuring proper sanitization and validation of user-supplied input. | 90% |
| CWE-20 | 4. The core of A.8.25's secure development rules is to prevent vulnerabilities, with improper input validation being a fundamental weakness addressed. | 95% |
| CWE-269 | 5. A.8.25's focus on secure system development includes designing and implementing robust privilege management to prevent unauthorized privilege escalation. | 85% |
| CWE-287 | 6. Secure development rules under A.8.25 ensure authentication mechanisms are correctly implemented and robust, preventing improper authentication flaws. | 80% |
| CWE-306 | 7. A.8.25 mandates secure development, which includes ensuring critical functions require proper authentication, preventing missing authentication vulnerabilities. | 80% |
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