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Every sector of our economy relies on software to succeed. Members of BSA provide cutting-edge cloud services, data analytics, manufacturing tools, cybersecurity solutions, and other digital capabilities to businesses of all sizes to generate new industries and new jobs. Modernized laws and policies in these priority issue areas will improve lives and support continued economic and job growth.

Read the 2026 BSA US Policy Agenda.

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Cybersecurity

BSA’s 2027 Global Cyber Agenda for an AI World

OCT 06, 2026 | GLOBAL

BSA recommends that governments prioritize deploying AI for cybersecurity, giving cybersecurity professionals priority access to frontier AI cybersecurity systems, improving vulnerability management, modernizing legacy systems, and building resilience into systems. BSA also recommends aligning regulations to strengthen cybersecurity, upgrading to post-quantum cryptography, and measuring cybersecurity outcomes.

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Trade

Global: Digital Sovereignty for Governments and Enterprises

SEP 30, 2026 | GLOBAL

Governments have a sovereign interest in ensuring capable, resilient, and secure digital environments at home. BSA urges policymakers that are pursuing digital sovereignty to focus on supply-chain resilience through frameworks grounded in collaboration, innovation, openness, and choice—not exclusion and self-isolation.

Privacy

State Privacy Legislation: Distinguishing Between Controllers and Processors

JUL 30, 2026 | GLOBAL

Comprehensive privacy legislation must create strong obligations for all companies that handle consumer data. These obligations will only be strong enough to protect consumer privacy and instill trust, though, if they reflect how a company interacts with consumer data.

Privacy

Controllers and Processors: A Longstanding Distinction in Privacy

JUL 30, 2026 | GLOBAL

This document explains the history of the controller/processor distinction and demonstrates how widely that distinction has been adopted in global privacy laws.

AI

Effective Accountability Along the AI Value Chain: Right-Sizing AI Responsibilities for the Role

JUN 09, 2026 | GLOBAL

BSA's primer on AI roles and responsibilities describes the AI value chain, which includes developers, integrators, and deployers, and emphasizes a key policy principle: responsibilities should fit the role of the company.

THE LATEST POLICY NEWS

BSA Launches Global Sovereignty Agenda to Advance Digital Resilience, Security, and Choice

SEP 30, 2026 | GLOBAL

BSA today released its first Global Sovereignty Agenda, outlining how governments can advance digital sovereignty by strengthening resilience, diversifying technology supply chains, and deepening trusted international partnerships. Read more

Trade

BSA Launches Priority Access Framework for Frontier AI Security Models

SEP 09, 2026 | NORTH AMERICA | US

WASHINGTON – The Business Software Alliance (BSA) today launched Cybersecurity Professionals First, a framework for voluntary public-private partnersh ... Read more

AI Cybersecurity

BSA Opposes AB 1018 Over Broad Scope

AUG 25, 2026 | US

WASHINGTON – Business Software Alliance (BSA) Senior Vice President of US Government Relations Craig Albright issued the following statement regarding AB 1018, proposed legislation regulating high-risk AI, in California. Read more

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