U.S. federal CIO Tony Scott on Monday sent a memo to the heads of executive departments and agencies requiring that all publicly accessible federal websites and Web services use HTTPS — “the strongest privacy and integrity protection currently available for public Web connections.” Some federal websites currently use HTTPS, but there has not been a consistent policy across the federal government to do so, Scott pointed out. Websites and services available over HTTPS must enable HTTP Strict Transport Security.
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US CIO Orders Federal Websites to Get More Secure
Posted by: Richard Adhikari June 10, 2015 01:27 PMU.S. federal CIO Tony Scott on Monday sent a memo to the heads of executive departments and agencies requiring that all publicly accessible federal websites and Web services use HTTPS — “the strongest privacy and integrity protection currently available for public Web connections.” Some federal websites currently use HTTPS, but there has not been a consistent policy across the federal government to do so, Scott pointed out. Websites and services available over HTTPS must enable HTTP Strict Transport Security.