BSA TechPost https://techpost.bsa.org BSA's official blog, a forum on important issues facing the software industry. Thu, 28 Apr 2022 13:03:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i1.wp.com/techpost.bsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-BSA_icon.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 BSA TechPost https://techpost.bsa.org 32 32 44790392 Software Ushers in a New Era of Digital Tools for a Sustainable Future https://techpost.bsa.org/2022/04/28/software-ushers-in-a-new-era-of-digital-tools-for-a-sustainable-future/ https://techpost.bsa.org/2022/04/28/software-ushers-in-a-new-era-of-digital-tools-for-a-sustainable-future/#respond Thu, 28 Apr 2022 12:00:20 +0000 https://techpost.bsa.org/?p=16613 Businesses and governments, increasingly concerned by the growing global climate crisis, are pursuing cleaner, greener alternatives that foster more environmentally conscious energy production and more sustainable, resilient economies. Decision makers are turning to digital technologies and intelligent software tools to help reduce energy consumption, save water, and make business operations more efficient. The Digital Transformation … Read More >>

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]]> https://techpost.bsa.org/2022/04/28/software-ushers-in-a-new-era-of-digital-tools-for-a-sustainable-future/feed/ 0 16613 A New Age of Manufacturing: Software-Enabled Digital Transformation https://techpost.bsa.org/2022/04/06/a-new-age-of-manufacturing-software-enabled-digital-transformation/ https://techpost.bsa.org/2022/04/06/a-new-age-of-manufacturing-software-enabled-digital-transformation/#respond Wed, 06 Apr 2022 20:32:39 +0000 https://techpost.bsa.org/?p=16563 DTN recently convened a virtual event featuring congressional leaders and digital transformation experts to discuss the findings from DTN’s latest report: “Manufacturing: Digital Tools Transform How Things Get Made.”

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]]> https://techpost.bsa.org/2022/04/06/a-new-age-of-manufacturing-software-enabled-digital-transformation/feed/ 0 16563 “Tech” Policy Isn’t Just for Tech Anymore https://techpost.bsa.org/2022/02/17/tech-policy-isnt-just-for-tech-anymore/ https://techpost.bsa.org/2022/02/17/tech-policy-isnt-just-for-tech-anymore/#respond Thu, 17 Feb 2022 13:00:07 +0000 https://techpost.bsa.org/?p=16433 Digital transformation – through software, cloud computing, and connected devices – is significantly changing how companies in every sector operate.

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]]> https://techpost.bsa.org/2022/02/17/tech-policy-isnt-just-for-tech-anymore/feed/ 0 16433 Privacy Policy: What to Expect Around the World in 2022 https://techpost.bsa.org/2022/01/27/privacy-policy-what-to-expect-around-the-world-in-2022/ https://techpost.bsa.org/2022/01/27/privacy-policy-what-to-expect-around-the-world-in-2022/#respond Thu, 27 Jan 2022 13:40:12 +0000 https://techpost.bsa.org/?p=16323 BSA experts in Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas share their regional insights on the most impactful policy developments to follow in 2022 and why governments should place data protection rules at the top of their digital agendas.

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]]> https://techpost.bsa.org/2022/01/27/privacy-policy-what-to-expect-around-the-world-in-2022/feed/ 0 16323 BSA’s 2022 US Policy Agenda Enables Digital Transformation https://techpost.bsa.org/2022/01/25/bsas-2022-us-policy-agenda-enables-digital-transformation/ https://techpost.bsa.org/2022/01/25/bsas-2022-us-policy-agenda-enables-digital-transformation/#respond Tue, 25 Jan 2022 13:25:30 +0000 https://techpost.bsa.org/?p=16243 To aid policymakers as they create laws for the digital economy, BSA released our 2022 US Policy Agenda, highlighting 10 priorities for the enterprise technology industry in the year to come.

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]]> https://techpost.bsa.org/2022/01/25/bsas-2022-us-policy-agenda-enables-digital-transformation/feed/ 0 16243 Strengthening Trust and Securing Digital Transformation: States’ Essential Role in Cybersecurity https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/12/15/strengthening-trust-and-securing-digital-transformation-states-essential-role-in-cybersecurity/ https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/12/15/strengthening-trust-and-securing-digital-transformation-states-essential-role-in-cybersecurity/#respond Wed, 15 Dec 2021 13:30:28 +0000 https://techpost.bsa.org/?p=16183 By Tom Foulkes and Henry Young In October 2021, in conjunction with Cybersecurity Awareness Month, BSA published Strengthening Trust, Safeguarding Digital Transformation: BSA’s Cybersecurity Agenda, which identifies BSA’s priorities and offers policy recommendations to improve cybersecurity. BSA’s Cybersecurity Agenda addresses many cybersecurity issues that confront leaders in state capitols across the US. The numbers illustrate … Read More >>

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]]> https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/12/15/strengthening-trust-and-securing-digital-transformation-states-essential-role-in-cybersecurity/feed/ 0 16183 BSA Celebrates Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Charts Path for Secure Digital Transformation https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/10/19/bsa-celebrates-cybersecurity-awareness-month-charts-path-for-secure-digital-transformation/ https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/10/19/bsa-celebrates-cybersecurity-awareness-month-charts-path-for-secure-digital-transformation/#respond Tue, 19 Oct 2021 12:00:18 +0000 https://techpost.bsa.org/?p=16123 October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a global effort to promote the importance of secure technologies. Each year, technology plays a larger role in our lives, helping people keep in touch with friends and family, businesses operate securely and efficiently, and the global economy grow in an inclusive manner.

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]]> https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/10/19/bsa-celebrates-cybersecurity-awareness-month-charts-path-for-secure-digital-transformation/feed/ 0 16123 How Europe Is Strengthening Its E-Evidence Rules https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/10/12/how-europe-is-strengthening-its-e-evidence-rules/ https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/10/12/how-europe-is-strengthening-its-e-evidence-rules/#respond Tue, 12 Oct 2021 13:00:42 +0000 https://techpost.bsa.org/?p=16053 As digitalization speeds up and the number of daily digital interactions continues to rise, law enforcement agencies are increasingly relying on digital evidence to investigate crimes.

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]]> https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/10/12/how-europe-is-strengthening-its-e-evidence-rules/feed/ 0 16053 Confronting AI Bias: A Transatlantic Approach to AI Policy https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/06/30/confronting-ai-bias-a-transatlantic-approach-to-ai-policy/ https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/06/30/confronting-ai-bias-a-transatlantic-approach-to-ai-policy/#respond Wed, 30 Jun 2021 16:44:19 +0000 https://techpost.bsa.org/?p=15973 BSA brought together leaders from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss the vital issues surrounding AI at our event, “Confronting Bias: A Path Toward Transatlantic Cooperation on AI Policy.”

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]]> https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/06/30/confronting-ai-bias-a-transatlantic-approach-to-ai-policy/feed/ 0 15973 Introducing BSA’s AI Bias Risk Management Framework https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/06/08/introducing-bsas-ai-bias-risk-management-framework/ https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/06/08/introducing-bsas-ai-bias-risk-management-framework/#respond Tue, 08 Jun 2021 12:45:40 +0000 https://techpost.bsa.org/?p=15933 The Framework is a playbook that organizations can use to enhance trust in their AI systems through risk management processes that promote fairness, transparency, and accountability.

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]]> https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/06/08/introducing-bsas-ai-bias-risk-management-framework/feed/ 0 15933 The BSA Framework for Secure Software: Two Years Later https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/04/19/the-bsa-framework-for-secure-software-two-years-later/ https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/04/19/the-bsa-framework-for-secure-software-two-years-later/#respond Mon, 19 Apr 2021 13:30:04 +0000 https://techpost.bsa.org/?p=15863 Two years ago, BSA | The Software Alliance launched a first-of-its-kind tool to describe, evaluate, and encourage security throughout the software lifecycle.

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]]> https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/04/19/the-bsa-framework-for-secure-software-two-years-later/feed/ 0 15863 GDA Cross-Border Data Policy Principles: The International Economic Rule of Law and Data Transfer Policy https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/03/03/gda-cross-border-data-policy-principles-the-international-economic-rule-of-law-and-data-transfer-policy/ https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/03/03/gda-cross-border-data-policy-principles-the-international-economic-rule-of-law-and-data-transfer-policy/#respond Wed, 03 Mar 2021 13:00:56 +0000 https://techpost.bsa.org/?p=15763 The Global Data Alliance has issued its Cross-Border Data Policy Principles. These Principles are intended to inform international negotiations regarding the movement of data in international commerce.

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]]> https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/03/03/gda-cross-border-data-policy-principles-the-international-economic-rule-of-law-and-data-transfer-policy/feed/ 0 15763 Creating Jobs and Expanding Opportunity: BSA’s 2021 Policy Agenda https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/02/03/creating-jobs-and-expanding-opportunity-bsas-2021-policy-agenda/ https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/02/03/creating-jobs-and-expanding-opportunity-bsas-2021-policy-agenda/#respond Wed, 03 Feb 2021 14:36:53 +0000 https://techpost.bsa.org/?p=15723 BSA calls for responsible tech policies to promote inclusive economic opportunity

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]]> https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/02/03/creating-jobs-and-expanding-opportunity-bsas-2021-policy-agenda/feed/ 0 15723 Privacy-Enhancing Technologies: Opening Data, Powering AI https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/02/01/privacy-enhancing-technologies-opening-data-powering-ai/ https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/02/01/privacy-enhancing-technologies-opening-data-powering-ai/#respond Mon, 01 Feb 2021 15:09:23 +0000 https://techpost.bsa.org/?p=15653 With the market for artificial intelligence (AI) projected to reach 190 billion dollars by 2025, AI is quickly becoming a cornerstone technology of the global economy.

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]]> https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/02/01/privacy-enhancing-technologies-opening-data-powering-ai/feed/ 0 15653 Across the Globe, Governments Must Prohibit Data-Related Trade Barriers https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/01/26/across-the-globe-governments-must-prohibit-data-related-trade-barriers/ https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/01/26/across-the-globe-governments-must-prohibit-data-related-trade-barriers/#respond Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:22:09 +0000 https://techpost.bsa.org/?p=15613 Today, 78 industry associations active across six continents issued a Multi-Industry Statement on Cross-Border Data Transfers and Data Localization Disciplines in the WTO Negotiations on E-Commerce.

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]]> https://techpost.bsa.org/2021/01/26/across-the-globe-governments-must-prohibit-data-related-trade-barriers/feed/ 0 15613 The EU Can Set the Pace Worldwide With a Forward-Thinking Digital Trade Strategy https://techpost.bsa.org/2020/10/13/the-eu-can-set-the-pace-worldwide-with-a-forward-thinking-digital-trade-strategy/ https://techpost.bsa.org/2020/10/13/the-eu-can-set-the-pace-worldwide-with-a-forward-thinking-digital-trade-strategy/#respond Tue, 13 Oct 2020 15:27:27 +0000 https://techpost.bsa.org/?p=15563 Over the past decade, the European Union’s dynamic trade policy has emerged as one of the bloc’s most successful foreign policy tools.

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]]> https://techpost.bsa.org/2020/10/13/the-eu-can-set-the-pace-worldwide-with-a-forward-thinking-digital-trade-strategy/feed/ 0 15563 Open Data in U.S. States: An Untapped Resource https://techpost.bsa.org/2020/09/23/open-data-in-u-s-states-an-untapped-resource/ https://techpost.bsa.org/2020/09/23/open-data-in-u-s-states-an-untapped-resource/#respond Wed, 23 Sep 2020 13:00:05 +0000 https://techpost.bsa.org/?p=15063 As the past few months have demonstrated, ensuring that the public has access to trustworthy and dependable open government data can be a matter of life and death. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists and policymakers have used open data to learn more about the virus and plan effective responses to it, examining everything from mobile … Read More >>

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]]> https://techpost.bsa.org/2020/09/23/open-data-in-u-s-states-an-untapped-resource/feed/ 0 15063 New Software Development Guidelines Combat Growing Risks https://techpost.bsa.org/2020/09/22/new-software-development-guidelines-combat-growing-risks/ https://techpost.bsa.org/2020/09/22/new-software-development-guidelines-combat-growing-risks/#respond Tue, 22 Sep 2020 14:34:37 +0000 https://techpost.bsa.org/?p=15253 When BSA released its Framework for Secure Software last year, we promised the Framework would be a living document, updated to incorporate the most current guidance on combatting threats to the software ecosystem. Today, we are making good on that promise with an update to the Framework that brings new focus to mitigating rapidly growing … Read More >>

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]]> https://techpost.bsa.org/2020/09/22/new-software-development-guidelines-combat-growing-risks/feed/ 0 15253 Software Innovation Promotes 5G Security https://techpost.bsa.org/2020/07/21/software-innovation-promotes-5g-security/ https://techpost.bsa.org/2020/07/21/software-innovation-promotes-5g-security/#respond Tue, 21 Jul 2020 13:20:00 +0000 https://techpost.bsa.org/?p=14963 Here’s a headline you don’t see every day: the internet is getting more secure. But the advent of fifth generation (5G) communications technology gives us the opportunity to make that headline a reality. The transformation of previous generations of hardware-based communications cables, switches, and carriers into a fully cloud-backed and internet-based communications ecosystem will allow … Read More >>

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]]> https://techpost.bsa.org/2020/07/21/software-innovation-promotes-5g-security/feed/ 0 14963 Why Congress Should Fund State and Local IT Modernization https://techpost.bsa.org/2020/07/14/why-congress-should-fund-state-and-local-it-modernization/ https://techpost.bsa.org/2020/07/14/why-congress-should-fund-state-and-local-it-modernization/#respond Tue, 14 Jul 2020 15:32:43 +0000 https://techpost.bsa.org/?p=14913 The COVID-19 pandemic is driving an unprecedented wave of digital transformation. Millions of public sector employees in the US and around the world have shifted to remote work overnight and the need for individuals’ digital engagement with governments has exploded. The far-reaching consequences of the pandemic mean that in order to deliver services to citizens … Read More >>

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