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Software Composition Analysis

What is Software Composition Analysis?

Tools and processes that identify open-source components in software and detect known vulnerabilities, licensing issues, and outdated dependencies.

Information Security

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as software composition analysis. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on software composition analysis

Requirements naming software composition analysis across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

All software artefacts are tested to detect known weaknesses using static application security testing (SAST), dynamic application security testing (DAST) or software composition analysis (SCA), depending on the software artefact type, before being imported in...

ISM-2028 · All software artefacts are tested to detect known weaknesses using static application secu

Maintain inventory of open source and third party components in code using Software Composition Analysis tools.

DS-2 · Ensure software supply chain security

Vulnerability Management is a core technical control area per FSA Cybersecurity Guidelines. (1) Vulnerability Discovery: (a) Authenticated and Unauthenticated Scanning - Nessus + Qualys + Rapid7 + open source; (b) DAST Dynamic Application Security Testing;

JP-FSA-CYB-Vulnerability-Management-Patching-CVE-Risk-Based-Prioritisation-Penetration-Testing-Red-Team · Japan FSA Cybersecurity Vulnerability Management + Patching + CVE Tracking + Risk-Based Prioritisation + Penetration Testing + Red-Team + Bug Bounty + Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure + Zero-Day Response

Kuwait NCF Protect function (Infrastructure). Network Security and Segmentation: defense in depth + perimeter (firewall + WAF + DDoS mitigation) + internal segmentation (microsegmentation + VLAN + zero-trust network access ZTNA) + east-west traffic inspection...

KNCF-Protect-Network-Configuration-Vulnerability-Physical-Secure-SDLC-Hardening-Patching-Drift · Kuwait NCF Protect + Network + Configuration + Vulnerability + Physical + Secure SDLC

Implement IT Project Management + Software Development Lifecycle + IT Service Management per MAS TRM Chapters 4 + 5 + 6. Chapter 4 IT Project Management - project initiation approval + business case + risk assessment + technology security review + steering com...

MAS-TRM-Project-SDLC-Service-Management-Chapters-4-5-6-IT-Project-Software-Lifecycle-Change-ITIL · MAS TRM Project + SDLC + Service Management + Chapters 4-6 + IT Project + Software Lifecycle + ITIL

Questions people ask about software composition analysis

What is Software Composition Analysis?
Tools and processes that identify open-source components in software and detect known vulnerabilities, licensing issues, and outdated dependencies.
Why is Software Composition Analysis important for compliance?
Software Composition Analysis is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding software composition analysis helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Software Composition Analysis?
Software Composition Analysis appears in the requirement text of Australian Information Security Manual, Azure Security Benchmark, ITU-T X.805 - Security Architecture for End-to-End Communications, Japan FSA Cybersecurity Guidelines for Financial Institutions, Kuwait National Cybersecurity Framework. Across these standards we have identified 6 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Software Composition Analysis?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how software composition analysis applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how Software Composition Analysis applies across compliance frameworks

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.