--- title: CISA urges software vendors to formalize vulnerability... description: CISA, NSA, and four international cybersecurity agencies have published joint guidance urging software manufacturers and online service providers to establish... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/cisa-urges-software-vendors-to-formalize-vulnerability-disclosure-programs-vpxz82r4u twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: CISA urges software vendors to formalize vulnerability disclosure programs | daily.dev og:description: CISA, NSA, and four international cybersecurity agencies have published joint guidance urging software manufacturers and online service providers to establish... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/cisa-urges-software-vendors-to-formalize-vulnerability-disclosure-programs-vpxz82r4u og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/VPXZ82R4u.png og:image:alt: CISA urges software vendors to formalize vulnerability disclosure programs og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # CISA urges software vendors to formalize vulnerability disclosure programs **[CSO Online](https://daily.dev/sources/csoonline)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary CISA, NSA, and four international cybersecurity agencies have published joint guidance urging software manufacturers and online service providers to establish coordinated vulnerability disclosure (CVD) programs. The guidance outlines how organizations should build public programs for receiving, assessing, and responding to vulnerability reports. It emphasizes publishing clear disclosure policies, maintaining communication with researchers, and building trust with the security research community. The guidance also addresses the growing challenge of AI-assisted vulnerability discovery, which is increasing disclosure volumes faster than teams can manually assess them. Experts recommend prioritizing vulnerabilities based on exploitability and reachable attack paths rather than severity scores alone, and verifying that remediation actually eliminates exploitable paths. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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