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Press Release: Future Software Should Be Memory Safe | ONCD | The White House (www.whitehouse.gov)

The White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) has released a report calling on the technical community to proactively reduce the attack surface in cyberspace by adopting memory safe programming languages and focusing on software measurability. The report discusses the need for a policy shift to offload the responsibility of cybersecurity from individuals and small businesses to larger organizations and highlights past cyberattacks that have been caused by memory safety vulnerabilities.
Main Points
- Adopt memory safe programming languagesThe report, titled 'Back to the Building Blocks: A Path Toward Secure and Measurable Software', calls for the adoption of memory safe programming languages to combat cybersecurity threats.
- Develop better diagnostics for cybersecurityThe White House ONCD is pushing for the development of better diagnostics to measure cybersecurity quality through software measurability.
- Shift cybersecurity responsibilityThe report suggests a policy shift to place the burden of cybersecurity on larger organizations, aligning with the President's National Cybersecurity Strategy.
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