Interagency group details options for open-source software security in request for comments

An interagency group led by the Office of the National Cyber Director is offering up five areas on open-source software security that the government could focus on based on input from a new request for information.

The Open-Source Software Security Initiative (OS3I) is currently focused on: “(1) reducing the proliferation of memory unsafe programming languages; (2) designing implementation requirements for secure and privacy-preserving security attestations; and (3) identifying new focus areas for prioritization,” according to the RFI, which was...