OpenSSF launched a new tool Tuesday in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to help simplify for federal agencies and private organizations the process of reading and generating software bills of materials. Article CISA Aiming to ...
Understand the importance of a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) and how it helps manage security, license, and operational risks in open source usage.
Understand the importance of a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) and how it helps manage security, license, and operational risks in open source usage.
BySara Friedman/ October 28, 2021 Tweet The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is working on a Software Bill of Materials strategy focusing on community development and federal implementation, and aligning the concept with other CISA cybersecurity activities, according to ...
Take for example thelog4j exploit. According to CISA, log4j is a software component that is used to log security and performance information in consumer, enterprise services, websites, and applications. There was a problem: An unauthenticated remote actor could exploit this component and take contro...
The initial draft of the CISA self-attestation form and a previous CISA memo stated that "software producers may be asked by agencies to provide additional attestation artifacts or documentation, such as a Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs)." But that language was gone by the publicat...
Make a software bill of materials (SBOM) available to customers. Inspect source code for vulnerabilities through automated tools or comparable processes and mitigate known vulnerabilities prior to any release of products, versions, or update releases. Address identified vulnerabilities prior to product rel...
Meanwhile, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is at work on aSoftware Bill of Materials(SBOM), described by the agency as “a nested inventory, a list of ingredients that make up software components.” The agency will advance the work through community engagement, deve...
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Since President Joe Biden issued an executive order on improving cybersecurity in 2021, CISA and other federal agencies have been working to prioritize software security by improving vulnerability management and the use of software bill of materials (SBOMs). The request for comment is designed to...