BSA in the News

The Economic Times, May 28, 2022. Global business groupings concerned over the onerous nature of the recent directives by CERT-In wrote to central government that the provisions could have a "detrimental impact on cybersecurity" for organizations that operate in India. Read more

The Times of India, May 27, 2022. 11 international bodies having tech giants like Google, Facebook and HP as members said in a joint letter to the government that India's new directive which mandates reporting of cyberattack incidents within six hours and storing users' logs for 5 years will make it difficult for companies to do business in the country.  Read more

Moneycontrol, May 27, 2022. Industry associations and lobbying groups including US Chamber of Commerce (USCC), US-India Business Council (USIBC), The Software Alliance (BSA) wrote to the director-general of CERT-In to address their concerns regarding the April 29 directions. Read more

Public Citizen, May 20, 2022. BSA | The Software Alliance, was named as an organization calling for a prohibition of the “improper digital policies or practices that undermine data security and economic opportunity in the United States and among like-minded allies, including:… forced technology transfer requirements (e.g., source code transfer mandates); source code and encryption key disclosure/access mandates; [among others].” Read more