CISA Announces Open Source Software Security Roadmap

Summary:

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published an Open Source Software Security Roadmap, outlining its plans to support the secure use of open source software within the federal government and promote a healthy, secure, and sustainable global open source software ecosystem. The roadmap sets four goals for Fiscal Year 2024-2026, including establishing CISA's role in supporting open source software security, driving visibility into open source software usage and risks, reducing risks to the federal government, and hardening the open source software ecosystem. CISA recognizes the importance of open source software in innovation and economic growth, but also the potential risks associated with its use, such as supply chain attacks and latent vulnerabilities. The agency encourages the open source community to engage with the roadmap and submit a response to its Request for Information on open source software security.