Software group argues against seatbelts analogy for cybersecurity, emphasizing complexity of cyber issues

BSA-The Software Alliance is urging cyber officials to stop likening cybersecurity solutions to car safety features, claiming the parallel encourages catch-all standards and disincentivizes innovation.

“This oversimplification creates the impression that software security is as easy as buckling a seatbelt. It also suggests that cyber incidents are the result of the lack of caring or competence of software developers,” BSA’s Henry Young writes in a Monday blog post.

The car safety analogy has been used by government officials in...