Ep 8 | Cyber-Responsibility

The White House released its National Cybersecurity Strategy this week. The most controversial part of the strategy revolves around the needs for shifting liability for software products and services. Glenn Gerstell, the former general counsel of the National Security Agency, described it as follows. “In the rush to market you can’t cut corners on safety. That’s why builders of apartment houses that collapse and makers of baby strollers that crumple are liable when people get hurt. Now we’re doing that for cyber.” Join Stan and Julie as they riff on the need to shift responsibility - and liability - for security mishaps to those best positioned to do something about it, and how doing so will require building security and privacy into how we manage technology. In an analogy for today, they discuss how Buick Motor in 1916 tried to sidestep liability for defects, claiming they weren’t the ones selling cars to the public. The courts thought differently. As always, Stan and Julie provide actionable tips and thoughtful wisdom in a fun conversation on the complexities of cybersecurity and privacy.