ONCD determines potential approaches to address software liability, launches work with manufacturers

SAN FRANCISCO. The Office of the National Cyber Director wants to work with software manufacturers to get feedback on potential approaches the government can take to address software liability, according ONCD’s Nicholas Leiserson, who spoke at the RSA conference on what’s next for a key component of the national cyber strategy.

“The point is to incentivize investments in secure software development,” Leiserson said on a Monday panel. He noted that liability is a “tool that that has been discussed for...