OMB M-26-05 Ended the Federal Software Attestation Mandate. Here's What Vendors Still Face
M-26-05 rescinded M-22-18 and the FAR attestation rule was withdrawn. What federal software vendors still owe in 2026, what's coming, and a doc checker.
Deep dives, practical guides, and incident analyses from engineers who build Safeguard. No fluff, no vendor FUD — just what you need to ship secure software.
M-26-05 rescinded M-22-18 and the FAR attestation rule was withdrawn. What federal software vendors still owe in 2026, what's coming, and a doc checker.
EO 14412 and OMB M-26-15 set PQC deadlines and two FAR rules. What federal vendors will be asked, and a Go tool to test TLS for ML-KEM hybrid key exchange.
JC-STAR is Japan's IoT security label. Only STAR-1 is open: 16 requirements, 2-year labels, PSTI and CLS recognition. Who asks for it, plus a checker.
CISA's CVE Quality Era framework sets no record criteria yet. We checked 81,803 2026 CVE records: 22% have score, CWE, versions and a fix link.
FDA reissued its premarket cybersecurity guidance for QMSR on 3 Feb 2026. The 524B and SBOM content is unchanged; the citations aren't. Crosswalk inside.
A 98% completion rate says nothing about whether anyone learned anything. Safeguard training assignments can now require a passed assessment before they count.
Screenshots can't prove where evidence came from or that nobody edited it. Safeguard now stores a response hash for every tested connection, so the evidence proves itself.
SEBI's CSCRF makes SBOMs mandatory for core and critical software, SaaS included. The nine required items, the real timeline, and a CycloneDX check.
Safeguard's cloud tests now run in every account, subscription, project and region you connect, including Oracle Cloud and sovereign clouds.
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