JUN 27, 2023 | US
BSA Argues Against Seatbelts Analogy For Cybersecurity, Emphasizing Complexity of Cyber Issues
Inside Cybersecurity, June 27, 2023
By Jacob Livesay
BSA | The Software Alliance Director, Policy, Henry Young emphasizes that likening cybersecurity solutions to car safety features encourages catch-all standards and disincentivizes innovation in his most recent blog.
Instead, Young proposes a different analogy, writing, “A better analogy for cybersecurity involves complex systems like ecosystems. Complex systems feature interacting and dynamic actors which produce outcomes that are challenging to predict.”
The blog post concludes, “Building prescriptive requirements for software based on an overly simplistic analogy to car safety won’t encourage companies to develop more secure software. And in the complex digital ecosystem, in which malicious actors are constantly improving, we need to reward software vendors that continuously improve their security tools.”
Original Posting: https://insidecybersecurity.com/share/14794
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