Requirements identification
Identify security needs arising from business objectives, risk, technology and the operating environment.
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Security Requirements Development
Effective security begins with understanding what needs to be protected and defining appropriate security requirements from the outset.
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Security requirements built around your objectives
Stanway Hope supports organisations in developing clear and measurable security requirements aligned with business objectives, system needs and the environment in which a service will operate. Establishing those requirements early makes security a considered part of design and delivery, rather than something addressed after important technical decisions have already been made.
Our specialists assist with the development and capture of security requirements for projects and ongoing service delivery. We also have experience of security requirements used in and supporting UK legislation, giving clients a detailed understanding of relevant mandatory security and compliance requirements.
How we can help
Requirements you can use in design, testing and assurance - shaped to the organisation, not copied from a generic control list.
Requirements development
Translate security objectives into clear, measurable requirements that can be designed, tested and evidenced.
Requirements review
Review existing security requirements for clarity, relevance and completeness, including mandatory and compliance requirements where they apply.
Project support
Help projects integrate security requirements into wider design and delivery activities for a defined project or an ongoing service.
Traceability
Support clear relationships between identified security needs, requirements and subsequent design decisions where appropriate.
Tailored requirements
Develop requirements appropriate to the organisation, project, system or service rather than relying solely on generic controls.
What this helps you achieve
Clear requirements tell designers, testers and assurance stakeholders what good looks like, before those decisions are locked in.
Clearer security expectations
Give business, security and technical teams a shared description of the security outcome, rather than relying on assumptions.
Security considered earlier
Bring security into delivery while design choices can still be influenced, instead of after they have been made.
Stakeholders working from the same need
Improve alignment between business, security and technical stakeholders around what needs to be protected and why.
A stronger basis for what follows
Give architecture, testing and assurance a set of requirements they can design, test and evidence against.
Our approach
From business, technical and security context to requirements that delivery teams can use.
Understand
Establish the business, technical and security context, including mandatory requirements that already apply.
Identify
Determine the security objectives and considerations that need to be addressed.
Develop
Translate those needs into clear and appropriate requirements.
Review
Validate requirements with relevant stakeholders and support their use throughout delivery.
From requirements to operational security
Security requirements need to remain meaningful when a system or service moves into operation. Where appropriate, Stanway Hope can help translate security expectations into operational security arrangements and supporting documentation.
This may include the development or review of Security Operating Procedures (SyOps), helping establish how relevant security requirements, responsibilities and controls should be applied during normal operation. That can create a useful connection between requirements, architecture, implementation and ongoing assurance.
Related services
Requirements often sit between understanding risk and designing the solution. Architecture, testing and assurance can then follow from the same set of needs.
Risk Assessment & RMADS
Identify and understand security risk so requirements can be based on what actually needs protecting.
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Security Architecture
Turn requirements into a coherent security design across cloud, on-premise or hybrid environments.
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If you are defining a project, a service or a set of mandatory controls, we can discuss how Stanway Hope can help you identify, develop and review the requirements you need.