Cybersecurity guidance
CISA publishes cybersecurity guidance and coordinates initiatives including Secure by Design. Guidance and voluntary commitments do not constitute a general federal certification of a software product.
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is represented in this collection through the specific publications listed below. Begin with the product, activity and responsible party identified by the source. A reference to an agency does not establish that every product in an industry follows the same pathway. Scope, definitions, exceptions and the status of an adopted technical document can change the conclusion.
Use the original publication to establish the requirement, then connect it to the actual model, configuration, process or transaction. Keep source dates separate from effective and compliance dates. Where several agencies are relevant, preserve a distinct conclusion for each framework. A test report, registration, approval, certification and voluntary program claim should be assessed for the precise object and conditions they cover.
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CISA Secure by Design guidance
CISA’s Secure by Design work addresses the responsibilities of technology manufacturers in reducing security risks for customers. It emphasizes product design, secure defaults and organizational accountability. The guidance is useful for product quality reviews because many security failures originate in design and support decisions that cannot be resolved by an end user’s configuration alone.