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The Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF) was developed by NIST in response to Section 4 of the US Presidential Executive Order 14028, issued on May 12, 2021[1]. It provides a framework for securely developing software in the wake of software supply chain attacks and the prevalent use of open source software and third-party libraries. A major concept that was made popular by SSDF was the software bill of materials (SBOM) and the need for documenting the provenance (origin and history) of all software used in a system.

The first version of SSDF (NIST SP 800-218) was published in Feb 2022.

In general, any software that ends up being in a system sold to a US federal agency, must have an SSDF self-attestation form submitted by the developer.

References

  1. ^ Loehr, Tony (2021-12-13). "Executive Order 14028: NIST SSDF Explained". Cycode. Retrieved 2024-12-07.