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SA-04(03) Development Methods, Techniques, and Practices

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.2.0 against 5.2.0
All changes in this version
unchanged SA part of SA-4

Title

Development Methods, Techniques, and Practices

Control

Require the developer of the system, system component, or system service to demonstrate the use of a system development life cycle process that includes:
(a) [Assignment: systems engineering methods];
(b) [Selection (one or more): {{ insert: param, sa-04.03_odp.03 }} ; {{ insert: param, sa-04.03_odp.04 }} ] ; and
(c) [Selection (one or more): {{ insert: param, sa-04.03_odp.06 }} ; {{ insert: param, sa-04.03_odp.07 }} ; {{ insert: param, sa-04.03_odp.08 }} ].

Discussion

Following a system development life cycle that includes state-of-the-practice software development methods, systems engineering methods, systems security and privacy engineering methods, and quality control processes helps to reduce the number and severity of latent errors within systems, system components, and system services. Reducing the number and severity of such errors reduces the number of vulnerabilities in those systems, components, and services. Transparency in the methods and techniques that developers select and implement for systems engineering, systems security and privacy engineering, software development, component and system assessments, and quality control processes provides an increased level of assurance in the trustworthiness of the system, system component, or system service being acquired.

Parameters

sa-04.03_odp.01: systems engineering methods
sa-04.03_odp.02: [{{ insert: param, sa-04.03_odp.03 }} ; {{ insert: param, sa-04.03_odp.04 }} ]
sa-04.03_odp.03: system security engineering methods
sa-04.03_odp.04: privacy engineering methods
sa-04.03_odp.05: [{{ insert: param, sa-04.03_odp.06 }} ; {{ insert: param, sa-04.03_odp.07 }} ; {{ insert: param, sa-04.03_odp.08 }} ]
sa-04.03_odp.06: software development methods
sa-04.03_odp.07: testing, evaluation, assessment, verification, and validation methods
sa-04.03_odp.08: quality control processes

STIG rules that implement this control 0

No followed STIG rule cites a CCI indexed to this control (CCI list 2026-07-14).