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Commerce Department’s Proposed Regulation for Supply Chain Security Called Unworkable

JAN 10, 2020 | US

Commerce Department’s Proposed Regulation for Supply Chain Security Called Unworkable

Politico Morning Cybersecurity, January 10, 2020

By Tim Starks

A major software industry organization raised doubts about a proposed Commerce Department rule for information and communications technology supply chain security.

The Commerce Department’s proposed regulation for information and communications technology supply chain security is unworkable because it gives the Commerce secretary “unbounded discretion to review commercial ICT transactions, applying highly subjective criteria in an ad hoc and opaque process that lacks meaningful safeguards for companies,” the software trade group BSA said in comments filed this morning as part of the proceeding. The proposed supply chain rule, released in November, would let the government block US companies from buying equipment and services that jeopardize national security. But BSA said the rule needed a serious overhaul.

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Original Posting: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-cybersecurity/2020/01/10/hitches-in-a-voting-vendor-vulnerability-disclosure-program-784261

ACERCA DE BSA

BSA | The Software Alliance (www.bsa.org) es el principal defensor de la industria global del software ante los gobiernos y en el mercado internacional. Sus miembros se encuentran entre las compañías más innovadoras del mundo, creando soluciones de software que impulsan la economía y mejoran la vida moderna.

Con sede central en Washington, DC y operaciones en más de 30 países, BSA es pionera en programas de cumplimiento normativo diseñados para fomentar el uso legal de software, y apoya políticas públicas que incentivan la innovación tecnológica e impulsan el crecimiento de la economía digital.

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Michael O’Brien

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