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Reliability in Building Blocks for Secure Software

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Author(s)

Paul Black

Abstract

In February 2024 the U.S. White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) released "Back to the Building Blocks: A Path Toward Secure and Measurable Software.'' The report makes the case that the technical community can greatly improve cybersecurity by moving to memory-safe languages and hardware and using formal methods. It also sketches the roles that top executives, the so-called ''C-suite,'' play in securing software. This reviews the "Back to Building Blocks ..." report.
Citation
IEEE Reliability Magazine
Volume
1
Issue
4
Pub Type
Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1109/MRL.2024.3449789
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Keywords

memory-safe languages, secure software
Software research

Citation

Black, P. (2024), Reliability in Building Blocks for Secure Software, IEEE Reliability Magazine, [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/MRL.2024.3449789, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=958266 (Accessed October 27, 2025)

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Created December 5, 2024, Updated December 27, 2024
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