National cyber strategy plan tasks ONCD with hosting ‘legal symposium’ to address software liability

The Office of the National Cyber Director will host a “legal symposium” on the creation of a “software liability framework” in the second quarter of the upcoming fiscal year, according to a new plan that details tasks and responsibilities for agencies under President Biden’s national cyber strategy.

The plan says the “legal symposium [will] explore different approaches to a software liability framework that draw from different areas of regulatory law and reflect inputs from computer scientists as to the...