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Security

DHCW adheres to the ISO 27001 standard for Information security management. To comply with certification requirements, you MUST follow secure development practices, including:

  • Analysing code for quality and vulnerabilities.

  • Applying branch policies and security controls to restrict access to code repos.

  • Implementing vulnerability scanning within CI and CD pipelines.

  • Keeping systems updated with the latest security patches.

  • Ensuring encryption of data in transit and at rest.

More detailed guidance, refer to the relevant documents below.

Further reading and information

General Coding Standards

SOP-OSD-004 Web Applications

SOP-OSD-005 Encryption in Transit

SOP-OSD-006 Application Programming Interfaces

Practical tips

Security standards are not published to our document management system, iPassport. Contact the Cyber Security team to obtain the latest versions.