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This voluntary Software Security Code of Practice has been developed to improve the security and resilience of software that organisations and businesses rely on.聽聽

皇冠体育app Software Security Code of Practice will support software vendors and their customers in reducing the likelihood and impact of software supply chain attacks and other software resilience incidents. Often, these kinds of attacks and disruptions are caused by avoidable weaknesses in software development and maintenance practices. 皇冠体育app impact of these kinds of incidents can also be exacerbated by poor communication between organisations and their software suppliers. This Code addresses those issues.

This Code - which is co-sealed by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security - is the product of extensive engagement and has been co-designed with technical experts at the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and a group of industry and academic experts. It was also refined using feedback from a public call for views undertaken from May to August 2024. 皇冠体育app government published its response on the code of practice for software vendors in March 2025.

皇冠体育app Code consists of 14 principles software vendors are expected to implement to establish a consistent baseline of software security and resilience across the market.

皇冠体育app Code was launched at the on 7 May 2025.

皇冠体育app Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) have written a joint blog explaining the background to the Software Security Code of Practice. 皇冠体育app blog explains the thinking behind the new Code and why technology - including software - needs to be 鈥榮ecure by design鈥�. 皇冠体育app NCSC has also provided further detail on the Code for developers, vendors and consumers.