CISA Releases Draft of Binding Operational Directive on Developing a Vulnerability Disclosure Policy

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CISA Releases Draft of Binding Operational Directive on Developing a Vulnerability Disclosure Policy [ 
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2019/12/02/cisa-releases-draft-binding-operational-directive-developing ] 
12/02/2019 11:02 AM EST 
Original release date: December 2, 2019

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a draft of Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 
20-01, Develop and Publish a Vulnerability Disclosure Policy. BOD 20-01 will require each federal agency to publish a 
vulnerability disclosure policy (VDP). CISA has posted the draft directive for public feedback. The deadline for 
submitting comments is 11:59 PM EST on December 27, 2019.

CISA encourages users and administrators to review the CISA blog post, Improving Vulnerability Disclosure Together [ 
https://www.cisa.gov/blog/2019/11/27/improving-vulnerability-disclosure-together ], and draft BOD 20-01 [ 
https://cyber.dhs.gov/bod/20-01/ ] for more information. CISA encourages feedback on draft BOD 20-01 from individuals 
with personal or institutional expertise in vulnerability disclosure and from organizations that have a VDP and manage 
coordinated vulnerability disclosures.

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