# Secure By Design

> Secure by Design principles knowledge base for assessing security-first design, development, and deployment across the software lifecycle.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-microsoft-hve-core-secure-by-design`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [microsoft](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/microsoft)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [microsoft](https://github.com/microsoft)
- **Source:** https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core/tree/main/.github/skills/security/secure-by-design

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-microsoft-hve-core-secure-by-design
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# 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](references/00-principle-index.md)
2. [01 Security Governance](references/01-security-governance.md)
3. [02 Risk-Driven Approach](references/02-risk-driven-approach.md)
4. [03 Secure Product Development](references/03-secure-product-development.md)
5. [04 Supply Chain Security](references/04-supply-chain-security.md)
6. [05 Usable Security Controls](references/05-usable-security-controls.md)
7. [06 Detect and Respond](references/06-detect-and-respond.md)
8. [07 Flexible Architecture](references/07-flexible-architecture.md)
9. [08 Minimize Attack Surface](references/08-minimize-attack-surface.md)
10. [09 Defense in Depth](references/09-defense-in-depth.md)
11. [10 Continuous Assurance](references/10-continuous-assurance.md)
12. [11 Secure Deprecation](references/11-secure-deprecation.md)

## 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 cross-references.
  * `01` through `11` — one document per synthesized principle area merging UK and AU guidance.

## Third-Party Attribution

### UK Government Secure by Design Principles

* **Copyright**: Crown Copyright, UK Government Security Group
* **License**: [Open Government Licence v3.0 (OGL-UK-3.0)](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/)
* **Source**: 
* **Modifications**: Synthesized into structured principle-checklist format with cross-references; merged with Australian guidance into unified principle areas
* **Trademark**: Use of UK Government content does not imply endorsement

### Australian ASD/ACSC Secure by Design Foundations

* **Copyright**: © Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Signals Directorate
* **License**: [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
* **Source**: 
* **Modifications**: Synthesized into structured principle-checklist format with cross-references; merged with UK guidance into unified principle areas
* **Trademark**: Use of ASD/ACSC content does not imply endorsement

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [microsoft](https://github.com/microsoft)
- **Source:** [microsoft/hve-core](https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-microsoft-hve-core-secure-by-design
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/microsoft
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