Earlier this month, NIST published a detailed document titled SP 800-204D, offering concrete steps for secure software development.Recommendations from the U.S. federal government about securing software supply chains can be generic — but experts say new guidance published by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) offers actual concrete steps.
The latest guidance is NIST’s final guideline for software providers on implementing the building blocks of supply chain security assurances into CI/CD pipelines. It recommends that organizations prioritize a series of actionable measures, including establishing baseline security requirements for integrating open-source software and expanding oversight of provenance data.
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