JUN 28, 2015 | EUROPEAN UNION
BSA | The Software Alliance Warns of Patchy Road Ahead on Cybersecurity Directive
Brussels — 29 June 2015 — At the start of the next trialogue meeting on the Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive, BSA | The Software Alliance called on European policymakers to take heed of the important work still to do.
“We understand the Council and Parliament want to move the proposed NIS Directive forward in trialogue discussions, and we support their desire to achieve a Directive that will deliver meaningful cybersecurity improvements in Europe,” said Thomas Boué, director of policy – EMEA for BSA. “However, we remain concerned that this is still not a functional piece of legislation and that the aim of effective harmonisation of security requirements across the 28 Member States will be jeopardised if the proposal remains a minimum harmonisation instrument.”
“Moreover, as policymakers negotiate the inclusion of internet enablers in the scope of the Directive, we urge them to make smart choices in order to ensure that this first attempt at cybersecurity legislation in Europe is not stretched so thin as to be ineffective in raising the level of protection for those networks and services that need protecting the most,” Boué continued. “The software industry stands ready to work alongside the Luxembourg Presidency to devise a sensible approach for the inclusion of internet enablers in those contexts where they are truly critical for the functioning of the economy and society, and to ensure that rules do not overburden such services as to be detrimental to the digital economy.”
BSA 소개
소프트웨어 연합(BSA | The Software Alliance, 이하 BSA)(www.bsa.org)은 각국 정부를 대상으로 세계 시장에서 전 세계 소프트웨어 업계를 대변하고 옹호하는 선도적 연합체입니다. 세계의 가장 혁신적 기업들이 회원사로 참여하며 경제에 활기를 불어 넣고 현대의 생활을 향상시키는 소프트웨어 솔루션을 만들어 내고 있습니다.
워싱턴 DC에 본부를 두고, 30개국이 넘는 국가들에서 운영되는 BSA는, 합법적 소프트웨어 사용을 증진시키고 기술 혁신을 촉진하며 디지털 경제의 성장을 추진하는 공공 정책을 지지하는 준법 프로그램들을 선도합니다.