BSIMM-V

THE BUILDING SECURITY IN MATURITY MODEL

GARY MCGRAW, PH.D. CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

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Cigital
Providing software security professional services since 1992 Worlds premiere software security consulting firm
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BSIMM basics

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We Hold These Truths to be Self-evident

Software security is more than a set of security functions
o Not magic crypto fairy dust o Not silver-bullet security mechanisms

Non-functional aspects of design are essential Bugs and flaws are 50/50 Security is an emergent property of the entire system (just like quality) To end up with secure software, deep integration with the SDLC is necessary
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2006: A Shift From Philosophy to HOW TO

Integrating best practices into large organizations SDLC (that is, an SSDL)
o Microsofts SDL o Cigitals Touchpoints o OWASP CLASP

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Prescriptive vs. Descriptive Models

Prescriptive Models Descriptive Models

Prescriptive models describe what you should do

SAFECode SAMM SDL Touchpoints

Descriptive models describe what is actually happening The BSIMM is a descriptive model that can be used to measure any number of prescriptive SSDLs

Every firm has a methodology they follow (often a hybrid) You need an SSDL

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BSIMM: Software Security Measurement

Real data from (67) real initiatives 161 measurements

21 (4) over time

McGraw, Migues, & West

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67 Firms in the BSIMM-V Community

Intel

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Building BSIMM (2009)

Big idea: Build a maturity model from actual data gathered from 9 well known large-scale software security initiatives
o o o o o Create a software security framework Interview nine firms in-person Discover 110 activities through observation Organize the activities in 3 levels Build scorecard

The model has been validated with data from 67 firms There is no special snowflake

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The Magic 30
Since we have data from > 30 firms we can perform statistical analysis (Laurie Williams from NCSU is doing more of that now)
o How good is the model? o What activities correlate with what other activities? o Do high maturity firms look the same?

We now have 67 firms with 161 distinct measurements

o o o o o o BSIMM (the nine) BSIMM Europe (nine in EU) BSIMM2 (30) BSIMM3 (42) BSIMM4 (51) BSIMM-V (67) data freshness emphasized

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Monkeys Eat Bananas

BSIMM is not about good or bad ways to eat bananas or banana best practices BSIMM is about observations BSIMM is descriptive, not prescriptive BSIMM describes and measures multiple prescriptive approaches

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A Software Security Framework

Four domains Twelve practices See informIT article on BSIMM website http://bsimm.com
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Example Activity
[AA1.2] Perform design review for high-risk applications. The organization learns about the benefits of architecture analysis by seeing real results for a few high-risk, highprofile applications. The reviewers must have some experience performing architecture analysis and breaking the architecture being considered. If the SSG is not yet equipped to perform an in-depth architecture analysis, it uses consultants to do this work. Ad hoc review paradigms that rely heavily on expertise may be used here, though in the long run they do not scale.

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NEW BSIMM-V Activity

[CMVM3.4] Operate a bug bounty program. The organization solicits vulnerability reports from external researchers and pays a bounty for each verified and accepted vulnerability received. Payouts typically follow a sliding scale linked to multiple factors, such as vulnerability type (e.g., remote code execution is worth $10,000 versus CSRF is worth $750), exploitability (demonstrable exploits command much higher payouts), or specific services and software versions (widely- deployed or critical services warrant higher payouts). Ad hoc or short-duration activities, such as capture-the-flag contests, do not count. [This is a new activity that will be reported on in BSIMM6.]

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BSIMM-V measurements

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Real-world Data (67 firms)

Initiative age
o o o o Average: 6 years Newest: 0.4 Oldest: 18.1 Median: 5.3

Satellite size
o o o o Average: 29.6 Smallest: 0 Largest: 400 Median: 4

SSG size
o o o o Average: 14.78 Smallest: 1 Largest: 100 Median: 7

Dev size
o o o o Average: 4190 Smallest: 11 Largest: 30,000 Median: 1600

Average SSG size: 1.4% of dev group size

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BSIMM-V Scorecard

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Earth (67)

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BSIMM-V as a measuring stick

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BSIMM-V as a Measuring Stick

Compare a firm with peers using the high water mark view Compare business units Chart an SSI over time

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BSIMM-V Scorecard with FAKE Firm Data

Top 12 activities
o purple = good? o red = bad?

Blue shift practices to emphasize

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comparing groups of firms

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We Are a Special Snowflake (NOT)

ISV (25) results are similar to financial services (26)

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BSIMM Longitudinal: Improvement over Time

21 firms measured twice (an average of 24 months apart) Show how firms improve
o An average of 16% activity increase

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BSIMM by the Numbers

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The BSIMM Community

BSIMM Conferences
2010: Annapolis, MD 2011: Stevenson, WA 2012: Galloway, NJ 2013: Dulles, VA

BSIMM RSA Mixers

2010: RSA 2011: RSA 2012: RSA 2013: RSA 2014: RSA

BSIMM EU Conferences
2012: Amsterdam 2013: London 2014: Ghent

BSIMM mailing list

Moderated High S/N ratio

BSIMM Community Conference 2014

November in San Diego
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BSIMM-V to BSIMM6

BSIMM-V released October 2013 under creative commons

o http://bsimm.com o Italian, German, and Spanish translations available

BSIMM is a yardstick
o Use it to see where you stand o Use it to figure out what your peers do

BSIMM-VBSIMM6
o BSIMM is growing o Goal = 100 firms

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where to learn more

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SearchSecurity + Justice League

www.cigital.com/justiceleague In-depth thought leadership blog from the Cigital Principals www.searchsecurity.com No-nonsense monthly security column by Gary McGraw www.cigital.com/~gem/writing
Gary McGraw Sammy Migues John Steven Scott Matsumoto Paco Hope Jim DelGrosso

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Silver Bullet + IEEE Security & Privacy

Building Security In Software Security Best Practices column www.computer.org/security/bsisub/

www.cigital.com/silverbullet

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The Book
How to DO software security
o Best practices o Tools o Knowledge

Cornerstone of the AddisonWesley Software Security Series www.swsec.com

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Build Security In

WE NEED MORE BSIMM FIRMS

Read the Addison-Wesley Software Security series

Send e-mail: gem@cigital.com

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