BSA TechPost

BSA’s 2019 digital trade agenda outlines policy priorities critical to powering digital trade in a changing global economy. Smart, forward-looking digital trade rules, including the ability to transfer data across borders, are critical to economic growth and innovation across all sectors. The 2019 agenda broadly addresses trade barriers, privacy and security, and innovation – focusing … Read More >>

Today, BSA | The Software Alliance launched the BSA Framework for Secure Software. This first-of-its-kind tool will enable the software industry, its customers, and policymakers to describe, assess, and encourage security throughout the software lifecycle in a specific, meaningful way. Software-based cyber threats are on the rise – the Ponemon Institute reported that 77% of … Read More >>

Today, I testified before the Senate Committee on Commerce Science, and Transportation on policy principles for a federal data privacy framework in the United States. The hearing examined what Congress should do to address risks to consumers and how to implement data privacy protections for all Americans. There is no denying that the American people’s … Read More >>

On February 7, 2019, BSA | The Software Alliance submitted comments to the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) to inform the agency’s annual Special 301 review – highlighting countries that deny adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) and fair and equitable market access to US companies that rely on IPR. … Read More >>