Devdiscourse, July 7, 2022. Korean technology giant Samsung on Friday said it will comply with the Cert-In directive that has proposed VPN services, cloud service providers etc to maintain logs of their system for six months and details of subscribers for five years. Around a dozen international industry bodies including BSA, have opposed the proposed cybersecurity rules. Read more

Nikkei Asia, July 6, 2022. The future of the India’s internet industry with the roll-out of an extension by the government on the compliance deadline of the new cybersecurity rules is uncertain. The critics accuse the government of ramming the directive through without enough discussion in the first place. Read more

The Indian Express, June 13. BSA | The Software Alliance attended a meeting with a select group of stakeholders Friday, in which the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) is learnt to have assured clarifications on the six-hour timeline to report cybersecurity incidents, know-your-customer norms, and storage of customer logs, among others. Read more

Mint, August 13, 2018. The article is an interview feature with BSA President and CEO, Victoria A. Espinel from her visit to India to meet government officials on policy issues. The Q&A format article focuses on India’s ranking in 2018 BSA Cloud Computing Scorecard and Victoria’s view on the future of the software industry. As part of the conversation, Victoria highlighted India’s position and the importance of privacy laws and broadband infrastructure for cloud adoption. The article also includes BSA’s views on open source software versus licensed software. Read more