[Joseph Doss]

The SDLC from the prospective of a IT security officer is or should be extremely important as flaws in software can lead to anything from minor bugs to system crashes to work arounds for hackers to breach and gain access to sensitive information. This can be especially harmful as the software being developed may be sold as a product to clients who may be impacted by any flaws which could lead to financial or legal issues no your company. The SDLC has seven steps. Planning, defining, designing, Building, Testing and Deployment. As its name implies it is a cycle cycling back on itself as software evolves and updates are pushed. This ensures or attempts to ensure that software stays secure during its lifetime.