White House emphasizes need for proactive coding practices to counter cyber attacks

The White House Office has urged the technical community to adopt memory safe programming languages and code analysis techniques, aiming to enhance security in technology systems. Memory safety vulnerabilities are coding errors that can lead to severe bugs affecting stability, productivity, application performance, and software security. Memory-safe languages such as C#, Java, Python, Go, Rust, and Swift prevent developers from introducing these vulnerabilities. The report also recommends formal methods like static code analysis and measurability of software for mitigating risks. Organizations should incorporate rigorous analysis methods into their development workflow to ensure the quality of output. Memory-safe languages are crucial in reducing tech debt, preventing security incidents, and improving application availability.