CSSLP Secure Software Requirements Practice Question
During a project migration to GDPR compliance, the development team must ensure that personal data is deleted upon user request. Where should these specific data lifecycle constraints be documented to ensure they influence the architectural design?
Answer choices
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The Software Requirements Specification (SRS)
Security requirements must be integrated into the Software Requirements Specification (SRS) or the project's requirements management tool (like Jira or Azure DevOps) to ensure they are tracked as functional constraints.
Answer analysis
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The Software Requirements Specification (SRS)
Why this is correct
The SRS is the formal document where security and privacy constraints must be embedded to ensure they are implemented.
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The Penetration Testing Report
Why it's wrong here
Pen testing reports occur post-development and cannot guide requirements elicitation.
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The Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) templates
Why it's wrong here
IaC implements security, it does not define the business requirements for data handling.
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The Risk Register
Why it's wrong here
A risk register tracks threats but does not enforce functional constraints on developers.
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Written and reviewed by Johnson Ajibi, MSc IT Security
Senior Network & Security Engineer · founder of Courseiva
Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official (ISC)² exam blueprint
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