OMB issues memorandum implementing NIST guidance for protecting critical software

The Office of Management and Budget has issued a memorandum directing agencies to implement guidance issued by NIST for critical software under a phased approach, fulfilling a key requirement from President Biden’s May cyber executive order.

The memo released today says, “Executive Order (EO) 14028, Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (May 12, 2021), recognizes the importance to the Federal Government of software security -- and in particular, the security of ‘critical software,’ as defined by the National Institute of Standards...