Government agencies urge 'revamp' of certain software to take cybersecurity burden off customers
FBI and CISA urge "revamp" of certain software to take burden of cybersecurity off customers. U.S. and international government agencies are urging software manufacturers to “revamp” the design of certain software to take the burden of cybersecurity flaws out off of the customer. Historically, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the FBI, the NSA and a host of international law enforcement agencies say that “technology manufacturers have relied on fixing vulnerabilities found after the customers have deployed the products, requiring the customers to apply those patches at their own expense,” according to an alert from the agencies released on Thursday. The alert is aimed at tech providers, and customers according to CISA Executive Director Eric Goldstein. Goldstein said he hopes tech providers will use the product to "actually change their internal cultures," and invest in the changes they are hoping to outline. He is also hoping that custom...