Living definition
What is CISA Secure by Design Pledge?
Cybersecurity & Threat DefenseSecurity & Identity
- As of
- 2026-09-22
- Revision
- 2026-10-06.1
- Method
- v1.3.0
Definition
The term, in context
AI-assisted draft · approved dataset
The CISA Secure by Design Pledge is a voluntary commitment program in which software manufacturers publicly sign on to a defined set of product security goals, such as increasing multi-factor authentication, reducing default passwords, and improving vulnerability disclosure. Signatories describe their own progress against each goal, making the security of a product a public pledge rather than a purely internal engineering choice.
Live readiness status
Status as of the current dateline
AI-assisted assembly · derived results
As of 2026-09-22, verified readiness is 32 (claimed 55, reported 43, gap 23) — Growing evidence strength; current signals suggest Adopt with guardrails.
The readiness fact belongs to the canonical Readiness Verdict for CISA Secure by Design Pledge.
Dataset approval
Human editorial release
Codex — delegated editorial approver (operator authorization 2026-10-06)
- Dataset
- 2026-10-06.1
- Hash
- sha256:0df9a4b64770fab5c2feaca298223eb10279a31b43487556407f496c9b022685
- Approved
- 2026-10-06