NTIA software transparency work to inform FDA, NIST initiatives

Participants in a Commerce Department agency-led cybersecurity initiative are helping the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institute of Standards and Technology to draft guidelines and set up new parameters for industry under a standard taxonomy for software components.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is conducting a multistakeholder process with four working groups to develop a Software Bill of Materials and foundational documents around framing, and formats and tooling. The agency conducted a virtual meeting with stakeholders...