Security Task Tracking | SLA-Based Prioritization

Security tasks need SLAs: Critical 24h, High 7d, Medium 30d. GitScrum tracks vulnerabilities with severity labels, private NoteVault docs, and audit-ready remediation logs.

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How to track security tasks in development projects?

Track security tasks by creating dedicated security labels (security:critical, security:high), handling sensitive vulnerabilities in private notes, documenting remediation in NoteVault for audit trails, and prioritizing security fixes with appropriate urgency. Set SLAs for different severity levels and ensure security tasks don't languish in backlog.

Security severity and SLAs

Severity	Description	SLA	Label
Critical	Actively exploited, data breach	24 hours	security:critical
High	Exploitable, significant impact	7 days	security:high
Medium	Exploitable, limited impact	30 days	security:medium
Low	Minimal risk, hardening	90 days	security:low

Security labels

Label	Purpose
security:critical	Immediate action required
security:high	Urgent fix needed
security:medium	Standard priority
security:low	When convenient
security:audit	Audit-related task
security:compliance	Compliance requirement
security:vulnerability	Specific vulnerability
security:hardening	Proactive improvement

Security task template

## Security: [Generic Title - No Details]

Severity: [Critical/High/Medium/Low]
SLA: [Date]
Reporter: [Scanner/Researcher/Internal]

Private Details: [Link to private NoteVault]

Remediation:
- [ ] Assess impact
- [ ] Develop fix
- [ ] Test fix
- [ ] Deploy to staging
- [ ] Verify remediation
- [ ] Deploy to production
- [ ] Update security documentation

Post-Remediation:
- [ ] Update public task with summary
- [ ] Notify stakeholders if required
- [ ] Close related CVE tracking

Handling confidential vulnerabilities:

Create generic task - "Security fix for authentication module"

Document privately - Full details in private NoteVault

Limit assignees - Only security-cleared developers

Avoid details in comments - Keep discussion private

Fix and verify - Standard development process

Post-remediation disclosure - Update task with safe summary

Audit trail - NoteVault revision history for compliance

NoteVault security documentation

# Security Remediation Log

## Active Vulnerabilities (Confidential)
[Link to private tracking]

## Remediated This Quarter

### [Date] - SQL Injection in Search
- Severity: High
- Reported: 2025-01-15
- Fixed: 2025-01-17
- Root cause: Unsanitized user input
- Fix: Parameterized queries
- Verification: Penetration test passed

### [Date] - XSS in Comments
- Severity: Medium
- Reported: 2025-01-10
- Fixed: 2025-01-20
- Root cause: Missing output encoding
- Fix: HTML escaping, CSP headers
- Verification: Security scan clean

Security workflow

Column	Security Purpose
Triage	Assess severity, assign SLA
In Progress	Active remediation
Review	Security team verification
Staging	Test in staging environment
Production	Deployed fix
Verified	Post-deployment verification