https://github.com/OWASP/Software-Component-Verification-Standard

Software Component Verification Standard (SCVS)
https://github.com/OWASP/Software-Component-Verification-Standard

best-practices cscrm open-source owasp scrm scvs software-supply-chain supply-chain

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Software Component Verification Standard (SCVS)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/OWASP/Software-Component-Verification-Standard
• Owner: OWASP
• License: cc-by-sa-4.0
• Created: 2019-08-28T15:27:27.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-04-17T19:21:07.000Z (7 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-15T18:03:09.029Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: best-practices, cscrm, open-source, owasp, scrm, scvs, software-supply-chain, supply-chain
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://owasp.org/scvs
• Size: 6.72 MB
• Stars: 132
• Watchers: 32
• Forks: 36
• Open Issues: 11
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.txt

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# OWASP Software Component Verification Standard

The Software Component Verification Standard (SCVS) is a community-driven effort to

establish a framework for identifying activities, controls, and best practices, which can help in identifying and

reducing risk in a software supply chain.

Managing risk in the software supply chain is important to reduce the surface area of systems vulnerable to exploits,

and to measure technical debt as a barrier to remediation. 

Measuring and improving software supply chain assurance is crucial for success. Organizations with supply chain visibility

are better equipped to protect their brand, increase trust, reduce time-to-market, and manage costs in the event of a

supply chain incident.

Software supply chains involve:

 - technology

 - people

 - processes

 - institutions

 - and additional variables

 

Raising the bar for supply chain assurance requires the active participation of

risk managers, mission owners, and business units like legal and procurement, which have not traditionally been involved

with technical implementation. 

Determination of risk acceptance criteria is not a problem that can be solved by enterprise tooling: it is up to risk

managers and business decision makers to evaluate the advantages and trade-offs of security measures based on system

exposure, regulatory requirements, and constrained financial and human resources. Mandates that are internally

unachievable, or that bring development or procurement to a standstill, constitute their own security and institutional

risks. 

SCVS is designed to be implemented incrementally, and to allow organizations to

phase in controls at different levels over time.

### SCVS has the following goals:

* Develop a common set of activities, controls, and best-practices that can reduce risk in a software supply chain

* Identify a baseline and path to mature software supply chain vigilance