{"id":206770,"date":"2026-01-26T17:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T22:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/trump-administration-rescinds-biden-omb-secure-software-memo\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T17:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T22:20:12","slug":"trump-administration-rescinds-biden-omb-secure-software-memo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/trump-administration-rescinds-biden-omb-secure-software-memo\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration rescinds Biden OMB secure software memo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump administration rescinds Biden OMB secure software memo<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/omb-rescinds-burdensome-biden-era-secure-software-memo\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-01-26 17:13:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: cyberscoop.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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 \u201cunproven and burdensome\u201d processes.<\/p>\n

A former Biden administration official said the move is \u201cthe first major policy step back that I have seen in the administration on a cybersecurity front.\u201d<\/p>\n

At issue is the 2022 OMB memo titled \u201cEnhancing the Security of the Software Supply Chain through Secure Software Development Practices,\u201d M-22-18. The administration rescinded the memo Friday.<\/p>\n

That memo led to the creation of a common \u201cSecure Software Development Attestation Form\u201d for government agencies that contractors had to use to vouch that their software adheres to a set of security practices. Agencies couldn\u2019t buy from software vendors that couldn\u2019t attest to the security of their products.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach agency head is ultimately responsible for assuring the security of software and hardware that is permitted to operate on the agency\u2019s network,\u201d OMB Director Russell Vought wrote in a brief memo Friday to agency heads. \u201cThere is no universal, one-size-fits-all method of achieving that result. Each agency should validate provider security utilizing secure development principles and based on a comprehensive risk assessment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nick Leiserson, who served as assistant national cyber director for cyber policy and programs under Biden\u2019s Office of the National Cyber Director, told CyberScoop that rescinding the 2022 memo was a step backward because the memo was meant to use government purchasing power to influence the market, and its repeal \u201cis not good for the security of government systems and for the software that\u2019s used throughout the whole U.S. economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The memo stemmed from the first Biden administration executive order, a response to the major SolarWinds breach that led to agencies being penetrated by alleged Russian hackers, among…<\/p>\n

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