Clarke Solicits Cyber-Security Input at MIT
Many people asked Clarke, chairman of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Baord, to consider recommending some form of regulation for the software industry as a way to spur vendors into writing more secure applications. Clarke resisted the idea, as he has in the past, saying that he'd rather rely on market forces and customer demand to weed out the careless vendors.
One area where Clarke agreed that new legislation might be in order is security research. One audience member complained that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and anti-hacking laws are preventing legitimate security researchers from publishing information on new vulnerabilities.
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