system development and maintenance

"System Development and Maintenance" forms Chapter 8 of the BS 7799 British Security Standard for Information Security Management.

This chapter describes how to ensure security as the system evolves.

The aim is to prevent loss, alteration or misuse of user data, to ensure the security of the system, to protect the confidentiality, authenticity and integrity ofinformation, to guarantee IT projects and support activities in terms of security and to maintain the security of data and programs.