The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued Memorandum M-26-05 (PDF) which officially revokes the 2022 policy known as M-22-18 and its 2023 companion policy, M-23-16. This reversal alters the governance landscape for enterprise architects and platform engineers who service federal contracts or align with federal standards. The previous directives mandated specific secure software development practices, including the widespread generation and maintenance of Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs).
The State of Embedded Software Quality and Safety 2025 from Black Duck reveals a disconnect between the organizational use of AI and AI security. The embedded software landscape is transforming, largely driven by AI, with 89.3% of organizations already utilizing AI coding assistants and 96.1% integrating products with open source AI models. However, 21.1% of organizations still lack confidence in their capabilities to prevent AI from opening the door to vulnerabilities.