BSA in the News

Nextgov, January 4, 2021. “While BSA understands that the Department of Defense seeks to create private sector-based certification infrastructure in order to enable it to meet the requirement for certifications across such a large group of vendors, the current approach creates a number of challenges undermining the integrity of the process, including potential for conflicts of interest, profiteering, and outsourcing of an inherently governmental function,” BSA | The Software Alliance wrote in response to the interim rule. Read more

Protocol, January 2, 2021. "One of the focuses of an economic package at the beginning of next Congress will be finding a deal on how to increase the availability and affordability of high-speed internet access," said Aaron Cooper, vice president of global policy at BSA. Read more

Inside Cybersecurity, December 31, 2020. “If you are going to have a federal law, it is important for it to be high quality, that people feel is worthy of pre-emption,” BSA’s Craig Albright said, “so you can have one national standard to give businesses confidence on how to develop their policies and consumers can have confidence and greater clarity on what their rights are.” Read more

The Hill, December 10, 2020. BSA's Vice President of Legislative Strategy, Craig Albright, was named one of The Hill's top lobbyists for 2020. Read more