Notice2024-04235
Winter 2024 CISA SBOM-a-Rama
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Published
February 29, 2024
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Homeland Security Department
Abstract
CISA will facilitate a public event to build on existing community-led work around Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) on specific SBOM topics. The goal of this meeting is to help the broader software and security community understand the current state of SBOM and what efforts have been made by different parts of the SBOM community, including CISA-facilitated, community-led work and other activity from sectors and governments.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 41 (Thursday, February 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14895-14896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04235]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Winter 2024 CISA SBOM-a-Rama
AGENCY: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),
Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
ACTION: Announcement of meeting.
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SUMMARY: CISA will facilitate a public event to build on existing
community-led work around Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) on specific
SBOM topics. The goal of this meeting is to help the broader software
and security community understand the current state of SBOM and what
efforts have been made by different parts of the SBOM community,
including CISA-facilitated, community-led work and other activity from
sectors and governments.
DATES: February 29, 2024, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: The event will be virtual. Connection and dial-in
information for this virtual event will be available one week before
this event at <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/events/sbom-rama-winter-2024">https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/events/sbom-rama-winter-2024</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allan Friedman, 202-961-4349,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e093828f8da083899381ce848893ce878f96"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f88b9a9795b89b918b99d69c908bd69f978e">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An SBOM has been identified by the
cybersecurity community as a key aspect of modern cybersecurity,
including software security and supply chain security. Executive Order
(E.O.) 14028 declares that ``the trust we place in our digital
infrastructure should be proportional to how trustworthy and
transparent that infrastructure is, and to the consequences we will
incur if that trust is misplaced.'' \1\ SBOMs play a key role in
providing this transparency.
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\1\ E.O. 14028, Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity, 1, 86 FR
26633 (May 17, 2021).
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E.O. 14028 defines SBOM as ``a formal record containing the details
and supply chain relationships of various components used in building
software.'' \2\ The E.O. further notes that ``software developers and
vendors often create products by assembling existing open source and
commercial software components. The SBOM enumerates these components in
a product.'' \3\ Transparency from SBOMs aids multiple parties across
the software lifecycle, including software developers, purchasers, and
operators.\4\ Recognizing the importance of SBOMs in transparency and
security, and that SBOM evolution and refinement is likely to be most
effective coming from the community; CISA is facilitating a public
event which is intended to advance the software and security
communities' understanding of SBOM creation, use, and implementation
across the broader technology ecosystem.
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\2\ Id. at 10(j), 86 FR 26633 at 26646 (May 17, 2021).
\3\ Ibid.
\4\ Ibid.
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I. SBOM Background
The idea of an SBOM is not novel.\5\ It has been discussed and
explored in the software industry for years, building on industrial and
supply chain innovations.\6\ Academics identified the potential value
of a ``software bill of materials'' as far back as 1995,\7\ and
tracking use of third-party code is a longstanding software best
practice.\8\
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\5\ A brief summary of the history of a software bill of
materials can be found in Carmody, S., Coravos, A., Fahs, G. et al.
Building resilient medical technology supply chains with a software
bill of materials. npj Digit. Med. 4, 34 (2021). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-021-00403-w">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-021-00403-w</a>.
\6\ See ``Toyota Supply Chain Management: A Strategic Approach
to Toyota's Renowned System'' by Ananth V. Iyer, Sridhar Seshadri,
and Roy Vasher--a work about Edwards Deming's Supply Chain
Management <a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/Toyota_Supply_Chain_Management_A_Strateg.html?id=JY5wqdelrg8C">https://books.google.com/books/about/Toyota_Supply_Chain_Management_A_Strateg.html?id=JY5wqdelrg8C</a>.
\7\ Leblang D.B., Levine P.H., Software configuration
management: Why is it needed and what should it do? In: Estublier J.
(eds) Software Configuration Management Lecture Notes in Computer
Science, vol. 1005, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg (1995).
\8\ The Software Assurance Forum for Excellence in Code
(SAFECode), an industry consortium, has released a report on third
party components that cites a range of standards. Managing Security
Risks Inherent in the Use of Third-party Components, SAFECode (May
2017), available at <a href="https://www.safecode.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/SAFECode_TPC_Whitepaper.pdf">https://www.safecode.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/SAFECode_TPC_Whitepaper.pdf</a>.
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Still, SBOM generation and sharing across the software supply chain
was not seen as a commonly accepted practice in modern software. In
2018, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA) convened the first multistakeholder process to promote software
component transparency.\9\ Over the subsequent three years, this
stakeholder community developed guidance to help foster the idea of
SBOM, including high-level overviews, initial advice on implementation,
and technical resources.\10\ When the NTIA-initiated, multistakeholder
process concluded, NTIA noted ``what was an obscure idea became a key
part of the global agenda around securing software supply chains.''
\11\ In July 2022, CISA facilitated eight public listening sessions
around four open topics (two for each topic): Cloud & Online
Applications, Sharing & Exchanging SBOMs, Tooling & Implementation, and
On-ramps & Adoption.\12\ These public listening sessions resulted in
the formation of four public, community-led workstreams around each of
the four topics. The groups have been convening on a weekly basis since
August 2022. More information can be found at <a href="https://cisa.gov/SBOM">https://cisa.gov/SBOM</a>.
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\9\ National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA), Notice of Open Meeting, 83 FR. 26434 (June 7, 2018).
\10\ <a href="http://Ntia.gov/SBOM">Ntia.gov/SBOM</a>.
\11\ NTIA, Marking the Conclusion of NTIA's SBOM Process (Feb.
9, 2022), <a href="https://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2022/marking-conclusion-ntia-s-sbom-process">https://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2022/marking-conclusion-ntia-s-sbom-process</a>.
\12\ Public Listening Sessions on Advancing SBOM Technology,
Processes, and Practices, <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/06/01/2022-11733/public-listening-sessions-on-advancing-sbom-technology-processes-and-practices">https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/06/01/2022-11733/public-listening-sessions-on-advancing-sbom-technology-processes-and-practices</a>.
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CISA believes that the concept of SBOM and its implementation would
benefit from further refinement, and that a broad-based community
effort can help scale and operationalize SBOM implementation. To
support such a community effort to advance SBOM technologies,
processes, and practices, CISA facilitated the 2023 CISA SBOM-a-Rama.
The Winter 2024 SBOM-a-Rama will build on the 2023 event to offer
updates as well as present new discussion topics for consideration by
the community.
II. Topics for CISA SBOM-a-Rama
The goal of this meeting is to help the broader software and
security community understand the current state of SBOM and what
efforts have been made by different parts of the SBOM community,
including CISA-facilitated, community-led work and other activity from
sectors and governments. Attendees are invited to ask questions, share
comments, and raise further issues that need attention. Specific
presentations will be made on the community-led efforts around sharing
SBOMs, cloud and online applications, tools and implementation, the
Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange (VEX) model, and SBOM on-ramps
and adoption. The event will also feature presentations and discussions
on sector efforts around the world. CISA will also facilitate
conversations on how the community can most efficiently make progress
in addressing gaps in the SBOM ecosystem.
A full agenda will be posted in advance of the meeting at <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/events/sbom-rama-winter-2024">https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/events/sbom-rama-winter-2024</a>.
III. Participation in the SBOM-a-Rama
This event is open to anyone. CISA welcomes participation from
anyone interested in learning about the current state of SBOM practice
and implementation including private sector practitioners, policy
experts, academics, and representatives from non-U.S. organizations.
Additional information, including the meeting link, will be available
one week before the meeting date at <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/events/sbom-rama-winter-2024">https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/events/sbom-rama-winter-2024</a>.
This notice is issued under the authority of 6 U.S.C. 652(c)(10)-
(11) and 6 U.S.C. 659(c)(4).
Eric Goldstein,
Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2024-04235 Filed 2-28-24; 8:45 am]
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