Draft NIST Special Publication 800 -218 1 Secure Software Development 2 Framework (SSDF) Version 1.1: 3 Recommendations for Mitigating the Risk of Software 4 Vulnerabilities 5 6 Murugiah Souppaya 7 Karen Scarfone 8 Donna Dodson 9 10 11 12 13 This publication is available free of charge from: 14 https://doi.org/10.6028/ NIST.SP.800- 218-draft 15 16 17 18 19 Draft NIST Special Publication 800 -218 20 Secure Software Development 21 Framework (SSDF) Version 1.1: 22 Recommendations for Mitigating the Risk of Software 23 Vulnerabilities 24 Murugiah Souppaya 25 Computer Security Division 26 Information Technology Laboratory 27 28 Karen Scarfone 29 Scarfone Cybersecurity 30 Clifton, VA 31 32 Donna Dodson* 33 * Former NIST employee; all work for this publication was done while at NIST. 34 35 36 This publication is available free of charge from: 37 https://doi.org/10.6028/ NIST.SP.800- 218-draft 38 39 40 September 2021 41 42 43 44 45 U.S. Department of Commerce 46 Gina M. Raimondo , Secretary 47 48 National Institute of Standards and Technology 49 James K. Olthoff , Performing the Non -Exclusive Functions and Duties of the Under Secretary of Commerce 50 for Standards and Technology & Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology 51 Authority 52 This publication has been developed by NIST in accordance with its statutory responsibilities under the 53 Federal Information Security M odernization Act (FISMA) of 2014 , 44 U.S.C. § 355 1 et seq. , Public Law 54 (P.L.) 113 -283. NIST is responsible for developing information security standards and guidelines, incl uding 55 minimum re quirements for f ederal information systems, but such standards and guidelines shall not apply 56 to national security systems without the express approval of appropriate f ederal officials exercising policy 57 authority over such systems. This guideline is consis tent with the requirements of the Office of Management 58 and Budget (OMB) Circular A -130. 59 Nothing in this publication should be taken to contradict the standards and guidelines made mandatory and 60 binding on f ederal agencies by the Secretary of Commerce under statutory authority. Nor should these 61 guidelines be interpreted as altering or superseding the existing authorities of the Secretary of Commerce, 62 Director of the OMB, or any other f ederal official. This publication may be used by nongovernmental 63 organiza tions on a voluntary basis and is not subject to copyright in the United States. Attribution would, 64 however, be appreciated by NIST. 65 National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-218 66 Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. Spec. Publ. 800- 218, 31 pages ( September 2021 ) 67 CODEN: NSPUE2 68 This publication is available free of charge from: 69 https://doi.org/10.6028/ NIST.SP.800 -218-draft 70 Certain commercial entities, equipment, or materials may be identified in this document in order to describe an 71 experimental procedure or concept adequately. Such identification is not intended to imply recommendation or 72 endorsement by NIST, nor is it intended to imply that the entities, materials, or equipment are necessarily the best 73 available for the purpose. 74 There may be references in this publication to other publications currently under development by NIST in accordance 75 with its assigned statutory responsibilities. The information in this publication, including concepts and methodologies, 76 may be u sed by f ederal agencies even before the completion of such companion publications. Thus, until each 77 publication is completed, current requirements, guideline s, and procedures, where they exist, remain operative. For 78 planning and transition purposes, f edera l agencies may wish to closely follow the development of these new 79 publications by NIST. 80 Organizations are encouraged to review all dra