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Biden Orders Software Developers to List Third-Party Components

June 14, 2021

President Biden has issued an executive order that will impact developers of software for medical devices, requiring all software developers to keep detailed records of their supply chains.

To improve the security of the software supply chain, the administration is introducing a Software Bill of Materials that will require a formal record of the sources of all components used in developing software.

In the executive order, President Biden said the development of commercial software “often lacks transparency, sufficient focus on the ability of the software to resist attack and adequate controls to prevent tampering by malicious actors.”

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