Cyber Solarium staff discuss proposed approach to software security, new statistics bureau

Staff leaders for the Cyberspace Solarium Commission discussed the roles of a “national certification labeling authority” and a Bureau of Cyber Statistics as elements in a “mix of regulations and incentives” designed to spur progress in the cybersecurity marketplace around software, during a Thursday webinar.

“The commission recognized that markets move fast [and are] good on delivering innovation and not as much on security,” Solarium senior staffer John Costello said of cybersecurity risks in the software marketplace. “The goal is...