USA gov ban C and Cpp

Is USA gov banning C and Cpp

death-knell for clang and cpp

CISA & NSA Guidance

CISA & NSA Guidance: The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Security Agency (NSA) jointly published "Memory Safe Languages: Reducing Vulnerabilities in Modern Software Development". This document details the risks of memory-unsafe languages like C/C++ and promotes the adoption of memory-safe alternatives.

https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/memory-safe-languages-reducing-vulnerabilities-modern-software-development

CISA Product Security Bad Practices

CISA Product Security Bad Practices: CISA's official "Product Security Bad Practices" list identifies the use of memory-unsafe languages for critical infrastructure as a high-risk practice. It states that software manufacturers should develop new product lines in memory-safe languages and publish a memory safety roadmap by January 1, 2026.

https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/product-security-bad-practices

ONCD Technical Report

ONCD Technical Report: The Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) released "Back to the Building Blocks: A Path Toward Secure and Measurable Software", which calls for the adoption of memory-safe programming languages to eliminate entire classes of vulnerabilities at scale.

https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/oncd/briefing-room/2024/02/26/memory-safety-fact-sheet/

CISA's Case for Memory Safe Roadmaps

CISA's Case for Memory Safe Roadmaps: This guide, "The Case for Memory Safe Roadmaps", provides software manufacturers with steps to create and publish roadmaps for transitioning to memory-safe languages.

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/cisa-nsa-fbi-and-international-cybersecurity-authorities-publish-guide-case-memory-safe-roadmaps