The Nation, September 27, 2018. Following an interview with Jared Ragland, BSA Senior Director, Policy – APAC, this article appeared on The Nation in light of the Thailand government’s aim to submit four bills to the Cabinet covering cyber security, data protection, electronic transactions, and the establishment of the Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA). The article covers BSA’s views that Thailand’s proposed cybersecurity laws need to be more flexible and market-oriented, as opposed to being highly top-down and prescriptive. Read more

The Edge Malaysia, July 30, 2018. The article highlights BSA’s call on Malaysia to liberalize heavily regulated sectors, such as health and financial, to boost the adoption rate of cloud computing in businesses. Jared Ragland, Senior Director, Policy — APAC, said governments should be developing regulations that, on the one hand, set a platform for trust so that consumers and enterprises have the confidence to utilize the technology but, on the other hand, create an enabling environment for technological innovations within the industry. Read more