A new report outlines the changes needed to modernize NASAs planetary protection policies. The new report was prompted by recommendations made by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. It found that current policies were no longer in touch with the modern realities of space exploration. The authors advised NASA to explore new technologies to better categorize exploration targets, create better forward and backward [planetary protection] implementation protocols, and lower planetary protection cost and schedule impacts on projects.”]
Source: https://gizmodo.com/nasa-needs-new-strategies-to-protect-the-solar-system-f-1839234017