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Public Submissions to U.S. Government Reveal Corporate Wishlist for IPEF: More Power At Our Expense

Public Citizen, May 20, 2022. BSA | The Software Alliance, was named as an organization calling for a prohibition of the “improper digital policies or practices that undermine data security and economic opportunity in the United States and among like-minded allies, including:… forced technology transfer requirements (e.g., source code transfer mandates); source code and encryption key disclosure/access mandates; [among others].” Read more

bsa in the news

MAY 20, 2022

Cybersecurity

Businesses Seek to Soften SEC Cyber Rules

Wall Street Journal, May 11, 2022. Others warned that public reports could provide hackers information while attacks are in progress. “If a registrant discloses that it is currently the victim of a material cyber incident, that would tip off the malicious actor that the registrant is aware they’re in the victim company’s systems,” said Henry Young, policy director at industry lobbying group BSA, The Software Alliance, which represents commercial software makers. That may prompt hackers to steal data faster, or speed up timelines on attacks such as ransomware strikes once tipped off, he said. Read more

bsa in the news

MAY 11, 2022

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