http://www.iaeme.com/IJM/index.asp 1713 editor@iaeme.com International Journal of Management Volume 11, Issue 10, October 2020, pp. 1713-1721. Article ID: IJM_11_10_157 Available online at http://www.iaeme.com/ijm/issues.asp?JType=IJM&VType=11&IType=10 Journal Impact Factor (2020): 10.1471 (Calculated by GISI) www.jifactor.com ISSN Print: 0976-6502 and ISSN Online: 0976-6510 DOI: 10.34218/IJM.11.10.2020.157 © IAEME Publication Scopus Indexed SECURE SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION IN HYBRID AGILE DEVELOPMENT APPROACH Ding Chong Bee, Siti Sarah Binti Maidin, Imran Medi School of Computing, Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU), Malaysia Thi-Lich Nghiem Thuongmai University, Hanoi, Vietnam ABSTRACT This study explores the implementation of secure software development practices in the hybrid agile software development lifecycle. Hybrid agile is a mixture of plan-driven development approaches with agile methodology. Hybrid Agile is known as costly methods to implement due to the high possibility of security breaches, an increase of attack and vulnerability, as well as the lack of software security practices by the software engineering team. Series of interviews are conducted to explore secure software development practices in a hybrid agile environment. The finding from this research shows that: i) organization used mixed of agile approaches and practices which lead to hybrid agile, ii) The supervisor or manager is the key person in enforcing the hybrid agile methods and practices in their organization, iii) Automated/manual tools assist the developer in executing secure software development, iv) Developers are lack training, and v) other factors such as developers’ perception, team or group influence, and clients or users priority. Keywords: Secure, Software, Hybrid, Agile, Development. Cite this Article: Ding Chong Bee, Siti Sarah Binti Maidin, Imran Medi and Thi-Lich Nghiem, Secure Software Implementation in Hybrid Agile Development Approach, International Journal of Management, 11 (10), 2020, pp. 1713-1721. http://www.iaeme.com/IJM/issues.asp?JType=IJM&VType=11&IType=10 1. INTRODUCTION In this world of technology, the software is widely used to automate most of the processes. Systems such as financial services, telecommunication, home appliances, transportation, and many more have been facilitating our daily activities. Thus, the security of the systems used in our daily life is a relatively important issue, and how to ensure the system that we used is secure is one of the crucial questions. One of the suggestions is to ensure the security is well-taken care off since day zero of the systems. Therefore, software security becomes an essential