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Severity Is Not a Strategy: What CISA BOD 26-04 Means for the Future of Federal Software Security

calendar_today September 9, 2026 person Kevin Hayes domain checkmarx

CISA’s latest directive shifts the focus from severity or number of findings to the actual risk context when deciding how to remediate. For federal cybersecurity teams, that shift is becoming increasingly important as vulnerabilities are discovered faster than teams can fix them. When every high-severity issue is treated as equally urgent, mission owners are forced […]

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