OMB officials offer vision for securing software via attestation for procurement purposes

Officials from the Office of Management and Budget responded to questions from stakeholders at a workshop on implementation of self-attestation requirements for software producers and offered a sneak peek into an upcoming regulation that will finalize software requirements mandated in the 2021 cyber executive order.

The Thursday workshop sought to provide an update on implementation of a 2022 OMB memorandum on securing the software supply chain through making improvements to development practices, and a draft common self-attestation form...