Security Standards

This document outlines our security requirements, best practices, and scanning configurations across all projects.

Overview

Our security standards cover:

• Authentication & Authorization
• Data Security
• Code Security
• Infrastructure Security
• CI/CD Security
• Incident Response
• Compliance Requirements

Security Requirements

Authentication & Authorization

1. Authentication Mechanisms

2. Use industry-standard protocols (OAuth 2.0, JWT)

3. Implement strong password policies
4. Enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

5. Secure session management

6. Authorization Controls

7. Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
8. Resource-level permissions
9. API endpoint protection
10. Principle of least privilege

Data Security

1. Data Storage

2. Encrypt sensitive data at rest

3. Implement secure key management
4. Regular backup procedures

5. Data retention policies

6. Data Transmission

7. TLS/SSL for all data in transit
8. Certificate management
9. Security headers implementation
10. Input/Output encoding

Security Scanning

SonarQube Configuration

qualityGates:
  - metric: vulnerabilities
    operator: GREATER_THAN
    value: 0
    severity: BLOCKER
  - metric: security_hotspots
    operator: GREATER_THAN
    value: 2
    severity: CRITICAL

OWASP Dependency Check

settings:
  failBuildOnCVSS: 7
  formats:
    - HTML
    - JSON
    - XML
  analyzers:
    enabled:
      - EXPERIMENTAL
      - RETIRED

Container Scanning (Trivy)

severity:
  - CRITICAL
  - HIGH
ignoreUnfixed: true
timeout: 5m
scanners:
  - vuln
  - config
  - secret

Security Headers

Required security headers:

x-frame-options: DENY
x-content-type-options: nosniff
x-xss-protection: 1; mode=block
content-security-policy: default-src 'self'
strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
referrer-policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin

Custom Security Checks

Pattern Detection

patterns:
  - name: hardcoded-password
    pattern: password.*=.*["\'].*["\']
    severity: HIGH
    message: Hardcoded password found
  - name: hardcoded-api-key
    pattern: api[_-]?key.*=.*["\'].*["\']
    severity: HIGH
    message: Hardcoded API key found

Forbidden Functions

forbidden:
  - name: eval
    severity: CRITICAL
    message: Use of eval is forbidden
  - name: exec
    severity: HIGH
    message: Use of exec is forbidden

CI/CD Security

1. Pipeline Security

2. Secure secrets management

3. Build environment security
4. Artifact signing

5. Deployment security

6. Scanning and Testing

7. SAST (Static Application Security Testing)
8. DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing)
9. Container scanning
10. Dependency scanning

Incident Response

1. Security Incident Procedures

2. Incident response plan

3. Communication protocols
4. Recovery procedures

5. Post-incident analysis

6. Security Monitoring

7. Alert configuration
8. Response procedures
9. Escalation paths
10. Status page updates

Compliance

1. Regulatory Compliance

2. GDPR compliance

3. HIPAA compliance (if applicable)
4. PCI DSS (if applicable)

5. SOC 2 requirements

6. Security Documentation

7. Security policies
8. Procedure documentation
9. Training materials
10. Compliance reports

Regular Reviews

1. Security Assessments

2. Penetration testing

3. Vulnerability assessments
4. Code reviews

5. Architecture reviews

6. Policy Reviews

7. Security policy updates
8. Procedure updates
9. Documentation updates
10. Training updates

Implementation Guidelines

1. New Projects

2. Follow security checklist

3. Implement required headers
4. Configure scanning tools

5. Set up monitoring

6. Existing Projects

7. Security audit
8. Implement missing controls
9. Update configurations
10. Document exceptions

Tools and Integration

1. Security Scanning

2. SonarQube

3. OWASP Dependency Check
4. Trivy

5. Custom scanners

6. Monitoring

7. Log aggregation
8. Alert systems
9. Performance monitoring
10. Security dashboards

Related Resources

• Git Standards
• Template Standards
• CI/CD Security