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Senior management decides and provides resources; the Chief Product Security Officer owns strategy and policy; product security officers support projects and assessments; architects define security architectures; analysts (often a PSIRT) handle vulnerabilities and disclosure; sec...
Q Under the CRA, which category do these products fall into: a password manager, a smart door lock, a...
Password manager and smart door lock: Important class I. Hypervisor and firewall: Important class II. HSM: Critical. Smart refrigerator: Default.
Default: a connected fridge or toaster, a consumer game, educational software. Nothing in
them is a security function, so self-assess...
Q What is the goal of the security architecture and design phase, and what are its steps?
Make sure the architecture fulfils the relevant security quality attributes and that the security controls are designed properly in detail.
The Architect is responsible. Inputs are the high-level system architecture, the product security
requirements and the threat model.
Securi...
Q What is the OWASP Top 10 for LLM applications, and which risks does the 2025 edition list?
A list of the most relevant security risks for applications built on large language models, from the OWASP GenAI Security Project (maintained since 2023, current list on genai.owasp.org). Prompt injection is number one.
Prompt injection: input that changes the model's instructio...
Q What security activities belong to each stage of a typical DevSecOps pipeline?
Plan: test plan, test cases, hardening spec, release policies. Code: linter or IDE checks, unit tests, SCA. Build: SAST, compiler flags, package updates, hardening. Test: DAST, integration tests. Release: pentest, approval for prod. Deploy: update the configuration database, set...
Q How do IT and OT cybersecurity differ in priorities, and why?
IT protects the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information. OT protects the safety, reliability and availability of physical processes. Because OT downtime can endanger people or equipment, OT tolerates almost no downtime and is updated with great caution.
* IT p...
Q What is the difference between a process standard and a control standard in product security, with e...
A process standard says how to develop securely (activities, roles, lifecycle), for example IEC 62443-4-1, ISO/SAE 21434 or Microsoft SDL. A control standard says which security measures the product must have, for example IEC 62443-4-2, ETSI EN 303 645 or FIPS 140-3.
Process s...
Q Which stakeholders need to be involved in product security, and for what?
R&D leadership, product owners, project leaders, architects and developers, testing (V&V), quality and GRC, legal, IT, production management and customer support. Each one owns part of the lifecycle.
R&D leadership: priorities, budget and the secure development process.
Product...
Q What do the IEC 62443 security levels SL 0 to SL 4 mean, and what are they used for?
They grade how strong an attacker a component must withstand, from no protection (SL 0) up to a sophisticated, well-resourced, highly motivated attacker with IACS-specific knowledge (SL 4). They are used to tailor the IEC 62443-4-2 component controls.
* Each security level is de...
Q What are a system decomposition, a deployment view and a data flow diagram each used for in product...
Decomposition lists every component and sub-component (the basis for the configuration inventory, classification and vulnerability management). Deployment view shows components and interfaces for threat modelling and mitigation planning. Data flow diagrams trace individual data i...