secure-by-design Skill
Secure by Design principles knowledge base for assessing security-first design, development, and deployment across the software lifecycle. Published by microsoft in hve-core.
What is secure-by-design Skill?
Secure by Design principles knowledge base for assessing security-first design, development, and deployment across the software lifecycle. Published by microsoft in hve-core. This profile combines repository metadata with install, compatibility, and usage signals so developers can quickly decide whether it fits their agent workflow before opening the source repository.
Automated repository signals based on public metadata such as recency, license, installation evidence, and adoption. These are not a security audit or endorsement.
Key capabilities
- Includes SKILL.md support
- Reusable instructions support
- Security review
- Deployment
- Design and media
- Security review use cases
- Deployment use cases
Technical details
- Install or run with Copy skill directory
When to use secure-by-design Skill
- Use it for security review.
- Use it for deployment.
- Use it for design and media.
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Source
- Creator: microsoft
- Repository: microsoft/hve-core
- Skill file: .github/skills/security/secure-by-design/SKILL.md
What it does
Secure by Design principles knowledge base for assessing security-first design, development, and deployment across the software lifecycle.
Skill instructions
Secure by Design — Skill Entry This SKILL.md is the entrypoint for the Secure by Design skill. The skill synthesizes the UK Government Secure by Design Principles (10 principles) and the Australian ASD/ACSC Secure by Design Foundations (6 foundations) into structured, machine-readable references that an agent can query to identify, assess, and improve adherence to secure-by-design practices across the software lifecycle. Normative references (Secure by Design) 1. 00 Principle Index 2. 01 Security Governance 3. 02 Risk-Driven Approach 4. 03 Secure Product Development 5. 04 Supply Chain Security 6. 05 Usable Security Controls 7. 06 Detect and Respond 8. 07 Flexible Architecture 9. 08 Minimize Attack Surface 10. 09 Defense in Depth 11. 10 Continuous Assurance 12. 11 Secure Deprecation Skill layout SKILL.md — this file (skill entrypoint). references/ — the Secure by Design normative documents. 00-principle-index.md — index of all principle identifiers, categories, source mappings, and cros
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Frequently asked questions
What is secure-by-design?
secure-by-design is a open-source AI agent skill with Copy skill directory. Secure by Design principles knowledge base for assessing security-first design, development, and deployment across the software lifecycle.
Who is secure-by-design best for?
secure-by-design is best for reusing agent instructions, scripts, and references, security review workflows, deployment workflows, design and media workflows.
How do I install secure-by-design?
Install or run secure-by-design using Copy skill directory. Check secure-by-design for the latest setup command.
Is secure-by-design actively maintained?
secure-by-design may need a closer maintenance check before production use.
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