Secure Development Policy Pack (UK): Editable Templates, Checklists and ISO 27001 Mapping
by thechelsuk
£14.99
A secure development policy you can adapt in an afternoon, written for UK software teams by an engineering leader, with three companion policies, a standards mapping and six everyday checklists.
Every document comes as an editable Word file (it opens in Google Docs and Pages too) and in a printable PDF. Placeholders like [Company Name] are highlighted, so you can fill them in quickly.
What's inside
Secure Development Policy: 21 sections covering the secure lifecycle, threat modelling, environments, repositories, secure coding, AI-assisted development, supply chain, pipelines, testing, test data, incidents and training.
Vulnerability and Patch Management Policy: severity ratings and fix timescales, including the 14-day Cyber Essentials requirement.
Secrets Management Policy: storage, rotation and exactly what to do when a key leaks.
Open-Source and Third-Party Components Policy: choosing components, an approved licence list and keeping dependencies up to date.
Standards mapping: which sections help with ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A, Cyber Essentials, SOC 2 and UK GDPR.
Six one-page checklists: pull request security review, AI-assisted code, new repository setup, release readiness, quarterly access review and a STRIDE threat model worksheet.
A start-here guide, and A4 and US Letter PDFs.
Written for the UK
UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, UK data hosting, ICO breach reporting and Cyber Essentials, with the guiding principles adapted from NCSC guidance.
Please note
These templates help you write your own policies. They are general information, not legal, compliance or security advice, and using them does not by itself make your organisation compliant with any law or standard. Not affiliated with or endorsed by ISO, NCSC, IASME, AICPA or OWASP. For use within your own organisation; please don't resell or redistribute them.