New Senate bill aims to encourage greater use of SAFETY Act for cybersecurity

Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) has introduced a bill that would clarify the liability protections for developers of cybersecurity products under the Department of Homeland Security-administered SAFETY Act.

The DHS SAFETY Act designation, as described in the Homeland Security Act of 2002, allows the department’s secretary to give developers of counterterrorism capabilities liability protection from claims relating to an act of terrorism occurring where anti-terrorism technologies have been deployed.

DHS already uses the SAFETY Act to shield cybersecurity technologies from...