Summary
Today, the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC), together with CISA, the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS), the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK), and the New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ) are releasing the following guidance: Secure by Design Choosing Secure and Verifiable Technologies . This guidance was crafted to provide organizations with secure by design considerations when procuring digital products and services. The guidance contains a range of internal and external considerations and offers sample questions to leverage at each stage of the procurement process. Additionally, the guidance informs manufacturers on steps they should be taking to align their development processes to secure by design principles and practices. This product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy & Use policy.