DOD launches secure software initiative designed to accelerate procurement through third party risk management

The Pentagon has announced a new initiative called Software Fast Track, designed to shake up the process for the Defense Department to acquire new secure software using third party risk management practices including the use of a Software Bill of Materials.

“Department of Defense (DoD) Cybersecurity and Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) practices within the Department must adapt and keep pace with software development and the increasing complexity and evolution of supply chain risk,” according to an April 24...