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HTTPS Compliance Guide

Compliance Guide: The HTTPS-Only Standard

Description: This site contains a web-friendly version of the White House Office of Management and Budget memorandum M-15-13, “A Policy to Require Secure Connections across Federal Websites and Web Services”, and provides technical guidance and best practices to assist in its implementation. It requires use of a publicly trusted certificate for federal web services.

Authorized by:

M-15-13

Authored by:

CIOC

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This site is a collaboration between GSA and the Federal CIO Council. It is managed by the Identity Assurance and Trusted Access Division in the GSA Office of Government-wide Policy.

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