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Old languages will be retired, and software promises to become more reliable. What other measures will the officials take?
The White House and a number of US government agencies are developing policies to strengthen cybersecurity. Representatives announced this last Thursday. The goal is to secure the use of open source software and encourage citizens to switch to more reliable programming languages.
According to the White House, the widespread use of such software in commercial products, government systems and military platforms poses unique risks.
In this regard, since the publication of the National Cybersecurity Strategy earlier this year, CISA and other agencies have focused on algorithms that other specialists can use at the development stage. This will help relieve employees, small businesses, and local governments from spending time studying manuals and thousands of dollars on security tools.
Another reason that the requirements for using open source code have become tougher over the past two years is the Log4j vulnerability. At one time, it caused an international outcry and became one of the most used ones both by criminals and other states.
Kemba Walden, acting National cyber Director, recently told the Black Hat conference that even her children playing Minecraft on her devices could trigger a national security crisis. This reflects well the politician's opinion about the level of security in government information systems. She also notes that about 90% of such systems are still open source.
The challenge now is to rewrite mission-critical software components into safe languages. For example, Microsoft has already rewritten its Simple Mail Transfer Protocol gateway for Exchange in C#. There are also tools for the Internet of Things, in which the automatic update and remote management libraries are written in Rust. Experts plan to encourage the search for critical code sections and their replacement.
The White House and a number of US government agencies are developing policies to strengthen cybersecurity. Representatives announced this last Thursday. The goal is to secure the use of open source software and encourage citizens to switch to more reliable programming languages.
According to the White House, the widespread use of such software in commercial products, government systems and military platforms poses unique risks.
In this regard, since the publication of the National Cybersecurity Strategy earlier this year, CISA and other agencies have focused on algorithms that other specialists can use at the development stage. This will help relieve employees, small businesses, and local governments from spending time studying manuals and thousands of dollars on security tools.
Another reason that the requirements for using open source code have become tougher over the past two years is the Log4j vulnerability. At one time, it caused an international outcry and became one of the most used ones both by criminals and other states.
Kemba Walden, acting National cyber Director, recently told the Black Hat conference that even her children playing Minecraft on her devices could trigger a national security crisis. This reflects well the politician's opinion about the level of security in government information systems. She also notes that about 90% of such systems are still open source.
The challenge now is to rewrite mission-critical software components into safe languages. For example, Microsoft has already rewritten its Simple Mail Transfer Protocol gateway for Exchange in C#. There are also tools for the Internet of Things, in which the automatic update and remote management libraries are written in Rust. Experts plan to encourage the search for critical code sections and their replacement.
