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Making NIST SSDF Compliance Simple
Cytix makes NIST SSDF compliance simple. By embedding security directly into the development process, Cytix automatically detects risky changes in Jira or Azure DevOps tickets, triggers micro-pentests, and maintains a fully auditable trail of risk decisions, test results, and remediations. This ensures every step of your SDLC, from design to deployment, meets NIST SSDF expectations without adding friction for developers.
NIST SP 800-218 Coverage & Cytix Capabilities
Below, you can see how Cytix maps to the individual clauses of NIST SP 800-218 (SSDF) and supports secure-by-design development practices, helping you operationalize and demonstrate compliance.
NIST SP 800-218 SSDF Coverage Matrix: How Cytix Maps to Secure Software Development Practices and Control Requirements
Clause
Requirement
Coverage
How Cytix Maps
PW1.1
Use forms of risk modelling (such as threat modelling, attack modelling, or attack surface mapping) to help assess the security risk for the software.
Partial
We automate the threat modelling process at the ticket level.
PW1.2
Track and maintain the software's security requirements, risks, and design decisions.
Complete
We create a fully auditable trail of security requirements, risks, and decisions.
PW2.1
Have 1) a qualified person (or people) who were not involved with the design and/or 2) automated processes instantiated in the toolchain review the software design to confirm and enforce that it meets all of the security requirements and satisfactorily addresses the identified risk information.
Complete
Our micro-pentests are orchestrated and delivered by independent third-party tools and people.
PW4.2
Create and maintain well-secured software components in-house following SDLC processes to meet common internal software development needs that cannot be better met by third-party software components.
Partial
We facilitate validation of the SDLC process and security of in-house developed software.
PW8.1
Determine whether executable code testing should be performed to find vulnerabilities not identified by previous reviews, analysis, or testing and, if so, which types of testing should be used.
Complete
We provide an auditable trail of decisions about whether security testing is required based on the specific context.
PW8.2
Scope the testing, design the tests, perform the testing, and document the results, including recording and triaging all discovered issues and recommended remediations in the development team's workflow or issue tracking system.
Complete
We provide defined scopes based on the context and provide a record of these, as well as the outcomes. These directly integrate with development systems such as Jira and Azure DevOps.
RV1.2
Review, analyse, and/or test the software's code to identify or confirm the presence of previously undetected vulnerabilities.
Complete
We provide a mechanism for change-driven continuous testing of vulnerabilities.
RV2.1
Analyse each vulnerability to gather sufficient information about risk to plan its remediation or other risk response.
Partial
All vulnerabilities are manually validated with context applied by a human to facilitate triage.
RV3.1
Analyse identified vulnerabilities to determine their root causes.
Partial
We provide information about the specific change that introduced a vulnerability.
RV3.2
Analyse the root causes over time to identify patterns, such as a particular secure coding practice not being followed consistently.
Partial
We can provide high-level metrics and analysis of data about root causes for each identified vulnerability.
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