OMB rescinds ‘burdensome’ Biden-era secure software memo

The Trump administration is rescinding a Biden-era memo that was intended to help agencies buy secure software, with the current Office of Management and Budget saying it relied on “unproven and burdensome” processes.

A former Biden administration official said the move is “the first major policy step back that I have seen in the administration on a cybersecurity front.”

At issue is the 2022 OMB memo titled “Enhancing the Security of the Software Supply Chain through Secure Software Development Practices,” M-22-18. The administration rescinded the memo Friday.

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