Some of the biggest names in tech – including AWS, Microsoft, Google, Cisco and IBM – have signed up to a US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency-led effort and promised to take a series of actions within a year to make their products more secure.during RSA Conference on Wednesday – is a voluntary commitment to"make a good-faith effort to work towards" seven goals within a year of signing the pledge, and be able to measurably show their progress.
In fact, building more secure software is"The only way to catalyze more secure critical infrastructure," Easterly warned. The plan, we hear, is to reconvene at next year's RSA Conference for an update on what the 68 have accomplished over the last year. Plus, the pledge is open to any and all software manufacturers, and CISA hopes to recruit more participants before the 2025 event.