The Harlow Report-GIS
2023 Edition
ISSN 0742-468X
Since 1978
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first published week of: 03/13/2023
Tech Trade Group Leery of New Regulations Proposed in Biden's Cyber Strategy
by Chris Riotta
The new national cybersecurity strategy calls for software providers to be held accountable for vulnerabilities in their products – a fundamental shift in approach that sparked concerns among some technology associations and firms.
A leading trade association representing the information and communications technology industries has pushed back on a series of software liability reforms featured in the new national cybersecurity strategy this week.
The Information Technology Industry Council warned of overreach, implementation issues and questioned what evidence the administration had to support claims that tech firms weren't using effective software security measures during a briefing on Friday, a day after the White House released the sweeping 35-page document. The strategy – the first to be released since 2018 – calls for a fundamental shift in accountability towards technology firms and entities “that fail to take reasonable precautions to secure their software.”
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