National Cybersecurity Strategy Tasks Software Developers With Protecting Cyberspace

Three weeks after the White House released its long-awaited National Cybersecurity Strategy, Acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden testified before a House Oversight Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation.
The strategy calls for software developers to take responsibility for defending cyberspace, a move that “will rebalance the responsibility for managing cyber risk onto those who are most able to bear it,” Walden said on March 23.
Software developers are better equipped to protect cyberspace than end users like businesses, individuals, and local governments, she said.
“The biggest, most capable, and best-positioned actors in our digital ecosystem can and should shoulder a greater share of the burden for managing cyber risk and keeping us all safe.”…}