Cybersecurity

Software innovation continues to connect people across the world and transform daily business practices. These online connections create efficiencies and spur economic growth, but they also create vulnerabilities that bad actors can exploit if the proper security measures are not in place. Addressing cybersecurity challenges requires innovative practices and tools to defend the integrity, privacy, and resilience of the Internet ecosystem.

BSA supports efforts to improve governments and industries capabilities and readiness to address cybersecurity threats. This includes promoting a secure software ecosystem, strengthening cybersecurity workforce capabilities, supporting policies that enable the development of cutting-edge cybersecurity technologies, and other steps to secure and defend information infrastructure.

Download: Enhancing Cyber Policy, Advancing Digital Transformation: BSA’s 2023 Global Cyber Agenda

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Enhancing Cyber Policy, Advancing Digital Transformation: BSA’s 2023 Global Cyber Agenda

OCT 25, 2022 | GLOBAL

BSA’s 2023 Global Cyber Agenda builds on our work to improve software security, manage cybersecurity risk for emerging technologies, harmonize laws and policies within and between governments, support investment in modern IT infrastructure and cybersecurity, and develop the cyber workforce of the future.

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Global: Principles for Government Cloud Security Laws and Policies

JUN 28, 2022 | GLOBAL

BSA urges governments to support cloud security laws and policies that make concrete cybersecurity improvement based on five principles.

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US: Building a More Effective Strategy for ICT Supply Chain Security

FEB 16, 2021 | US

The Biden Administration and the 117th Congress should take a new, more effective approach to Information and Communications Technology (ICT) supply chain security.

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Updated: BSA Framework for Secure Software

SEP 22, 2020 | GLOBAL

BSA’s first-of-its-kind framework is a flexible and holistic approach to guide and assess efforts to enhance software security.

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Securing 5G: A Call to Harness Software Innovation

JUL 21, 2020 | GLOBAL

Governments across the globe are racing to develop and deploy 5G technologies because of the enormous potential of 5G networks to transform businesses and individual lives.

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BSA Policy Principles for Building a Secure and Trustworthy Internet of Things

JUL 02, 2020 | GLOBAL

As trusted leaders in the global software industry, BSA members are at the forefront of Internet of Things (IoT) innovation, including advancements in IoT security. BSA endorses the following principles for building trust in the IoT that embody a responsible, risk-based approach to government IoT security policy.

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Software Group Urges CISA to Craft ‘Specific’ Incident Reporting Requirements for Consistency, Resource Considerations

NOV 16, 2022 | US

InsideCybersecurity, November 16, 2022. BSA | The Software Alliance argues for minimal, but specific reporting requirements in submitted comments about CISA’s upcoming incident reporting regulations. Read more

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Cybersecurity Bipartisanship Likely to Survive Midterm Election

NOV 15, 2022 | US

InsideCybersecurity, November 15, 2022. Policy Director Henry Young at BSA | The Software Alliance discusses how cyber legislation typically passes with bipartisan co-sponsors. Read more

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Technological Sovereignty and the Cloud: A Challenge That Pushes Europe to Change Its Rules

OCT 27, 2022 | EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA

Alliancy, October 27, 2022. Director, General Policy – EMEA Thomas Boué at BSA | The Software Alliance addresses EUCS and how the text should be a conversation at the level of the transversal working group on telecom and the horizontal cyber issue working group. Read more

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