CISA releases joint guide on roadmaps to help with memory safe coding language transition

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security has released a guide with federal and international partners on how software manufacturers can move to using memory safe programming languages and create an effective roadmap for the transition.

“This guidance provides manufacturers with steps to create memory safe roadmaps and implement changes to eliminate memory safety vulnerabilities from their products. Eliminating this vulnerability class should be seen as a business imperative likely requiring participation from many departments,” the guidance says.

It continues, “The authoring...