Why Doesn't Software Get Sold With a List of Ingredients?

2020-03-04 19:34

Just as consumers can look at a box of Twinkies and read a list of ingredients, so too should software makers provide users with a "Bill of materials" explaining their composition, says Allan Friedman, director of cybersecurity initiatives at the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

Friedman is the director of cybersecurity initiatives at NTIA, which part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, where he coordinates NTIA's multistakeholder processes, bringing together industry and the security community on issues such as vulnerability disclosure and IoT security.

Previously, Friedman spent over 15 years as a noted security and technology policy expert, conducting research at Harvard's Computer Science Department, the Brookings Institution and George Washington University's Engineering School.

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