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White House Targets Software Provider Accountability

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2024 2:27 am
by rbc
The federal government will ramp up efforts to investigate what it calls "liability regimes" for commercial software developers as part of a Biden administration effort to goad the IT market into adopting safe coding practices.

The administration's 2023 national cybersecurity strategy calls for legislation to prevent the software industry from disclaiming all liability and to establish higher standards of care.

The White House is "working with academic and legal experts" to explore liability regimes and will soon engage with industry, Coker said.
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White House Targets Software Provider Accountability