A new White House memo instructs agencies on how to comply with guidance on the security of “critical software” as directed in the May executive order on cybersecurity.
An Aug. 10 memo from Shalanda Young, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, builds off the definition of critical software issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology in June. That definition focuses on software that has high-level authority to issue and manage computing and network privileges or otherwise operates at a high level of privilege.
