Justification and Approval - Vulnerability Disclosure Policy Platform (VDP) Platform

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) partners with Federal agencies, industry, and other stakeholders to strengthen the security and resilience of the Nation's critical infrastructure and Federal information systems. As part of this mission, CISA supports ongoing efforts to reduce cybersecurity risk by identifying, assessing, and facilitating the remediation of vulnerabilities affecting Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) systems. These efforts support the implementation of Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 20-01, which requires FCEB agencies to establish and maintain Vulnerability Disclosure Policies (VDPs) to receive and address vulnerability reports submitted by external security researchers. This requirement provides CISA and participating FCEB agencies wi