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      Executive Order 14028,  Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity
    
      
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                Guidance, Purpose, Scope, and Audience
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NOTE: For resources related specifically to the NIST Cybersecurity Labeling for Consumers project, see: here

There are many resources from which to draw in selecting approaches to improve software security. They include:

**NIST Resources**

Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Systems and Organization, NIST SP 800-161 Rev. 1
	Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF) Version 1.1
	NIST: Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, Version 1.1
	NIST: SP 800-53 Rev. 5, Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations
	Defending Against Software Supply Chain Attacks (joint CISA-NIST publication issued by CISA)
	Key Practices in Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management: Observations from Industry,NISTIR 8276
	Criticality Analysis Process Model: Prioritizing Systems and Components,NISTIR 8179
	NIST: SP 800-160 Vol. 1, Systems Security Engineering: Considerations for a Multidisciplinary Approach in the Engineering of Trustworthy Secure Systems**Non-NIST Resources***

BSIMM: Building Security in Maturity Model (BSIMM) Version 11
	BSA: The BSA Framework for Secure Software: A New Approach to Securing the Software Lifecycle, Version 1.1
	International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC): Information technology – Security techniques – Application security – Part 1: Overview and concepts, ISO/IEC 27034-1:2011
	Microsoft: Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle
	OWASP: Software Assurance Maturity Model Version 1.5
	Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council: Secure Software Lifecycle (Secure SLC) Requirements and Assessment Procedures Version 1.1
	Software Assurance Forum for Excellence in Code (SAFECode): Fundamental Practices for Secure Software Development: Essential Elements of a Secure Development Lifecycle Program, Third Edition
	Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA): State-of-the-Art Resources (SOAR) for Software Vulnerability Detection, Test, and Evaluation
	Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP): OWASP Application Security Verification Standard 4.0.2
	SAFECode: Managing Security Risks Inherent in the Use of Third-Party Components
	SAFECode: Practical Security Stories and Security Tasks for Agile Development Environments
	SAFECode: Software Integrity Controls: An Assurance-Based Approach to Minimizing Risks in the Software Supply Chain
	SAFECode: Tactical Threat Modeling*Non-NIST resources are provided for information. Inclusion does not mean that NIST endorses these resources.

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