National Cyber Director office opens discussion on liability, role of safe harbor from national cyber strategy

The Office of the National Cyber Director is looking into two approaches to address liability and create a safe harbor as part of its work to implement the national cyber strategy, according to a senior official.

First, the government could choose to allow “secure development practices” crafted by industry and NIST to determine a safe harbor, ONCD’s Nick Leiserson said at a Wednesday event hosted by BSA-The Software Alliance.

Leiserson said this option would allow an entity to say...