U.S. Department of Homeland Security released a report from the Cyber Safety Review Board.
The report includes 19 recommended actions to "address the continued risk posed by vulnerabilities discovered in late 2021 in the widely used Log4j open-source software library, according to a July 14 DHS news release. CSRB is a public/private initiative of government and industry leaders to review and assess cybersecurity events to protect the U.S. networks and infrastructure.
"At this critical juncture in our nation's cybersecurity, when our ability to handle risk is not keeping pace with advances in the digital space, the Cyber Safety Review Board is a new and transformational institution that will advance our cyber resilience in unprecedented ways," Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas said in the news release. "The CSRB's first-of-its-kind review has provided us – government and industry alike – with clear, actionable recommendations that DHS will help implement to strengthen our cyber resilience and advance the public-private partnership that is so vital to our collective security."
Vulnerabilities discovered in the Log4j open-source software library "are among the most serious vulnerabilities discovered in recent years," the news release said.
The CSRB's recommendations center on improving software product security and the capacity of both public and private sector entities to address serious vulnerabilities, according to the release. Mayorkas gave the report to President Joe Biden.
