Accelerating Secure Software

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Department of Defense, Memorandum for Senior Pentagon Leadership, Commanders of Combatant Commands, Defense Agency and DOD Field Activity Directors, April 24, 2025

This action directs the OCIO to undertake a 90-day sprint to develop a framework and implementation plan to define clear, specific: (1) cybersecurity and SCRM requirements; (2) rigorous software security verification processes; (3) secure information sharing mechanisms; and (4) Federal Government-led risk determinations to expedite the cybersecurity authorizations for secure, rapid software adoption.

Read the full memorandum.

Read the May 5, 2025 press release.