Dive Brief:
- The Department of Defense is streamlining its software-procurement approval process.
- The Pentagon on Monday announced that its “Software Fast Track Initiative” would define new requirements that software vendors must meet in order to sell their products to the DOD.
- The initiative comes as the Trump administration considers what to do with Biden-era software security programs.
Dive Insight:
One of the biggest questions about the Trump administration’s cyber policy agenda is what it will do with the Biden administration’s software security programs, including an attestation process for civilian vendors. Trump’s team has already begun changing the FedRAMP cloud security review program, seeking to increase automation and reduce wait times. Monday’s announcement of the DOD Software Fast Track Initiative extends that theme to the military procurement space.
“Lengthy, outdated cybersecurity authorization processes frustrate agile, continuous delivery,” acting DOD CIO Katie Arrington wrote in an internal announcement memo on April 24. Arrington also warned of the dangers of the government’s use of…
