From: Government Technology
There should be more accountability — and less legal leeway — for the software vendors and their technology’s source code.
At the Black Hat USA 2014 conference at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, security is the main event. And in that vein, Dan Geer, the chief information security officer of non-profit investment firm In-Q-Tel, shared 10 cyber security policy recommendations during his keynote speech on Wednesday, Aug. 6.
Geer, the conference’s first and only keynote speaker, framed his recommendations within the context of today’s confusing, precarious cybersecurity landscape amid diminishing personal privacy and increased government spying and surveillance.
He read an hour-long essay to thousands in attendance, addressing a crowd who represented, in his opinion, an industry that’s becoming more and more prominent in public policy because of software’s ubiquitous presence in every facet of modern life. The security of the technology that supports society is something no one can ignore, but cyber threats are so constant and pervasive that accomplishing total privacy and security seems futile
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