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• The informant’s story: I bust my boss to the BSA

  "The arrogance and that sanctimony. I just thought – how can you?”

• BSA urges vigilance as data breach laws loom large

  There were a record number of cases of unlicensed software settled in 2017, a figure that doubled from the previous year, the BSA said on Thursday.

• BSA should lead with 'carrot not the stick': SAM provider

  ​The BSA has been slammed by the CEO of a leading software asset management provider who says they are 'missing the mark' by focusing on piracy and fines.

• Aussie companies caught using $200k worth of unlicensed software so far this year

  ​Australian businesses have been caught using $200,000 worth of unlicensed software so far this year, according to industry advocate BSA.

• Appeals court to hear US agency's decison to block digital imports

  An appeals court will hear arguments this week about the U.S. International Trade Commission's decision to block digital transmissions of 3D dental records into the U.S., an import ban that could have a broad impact on other digital goods.

• Tech, digital rights groups applaud Senate move on NSA reform

  Several technology and digital rights groups have praised a U.S. Senate move toward passing legislation that would rein in the National Security Agency's domestic telephone records collection program.

• US needs to restore trust following NSA revelations, tech groups say

  The U.S government can take action to slow the calls in other countries to abandon U.S. tech vendors following revelations about widespread National Security Agency surveillance, some tech representatives said Friday.

• RSA chief: NSA exploited 'position of trust'; should spin-out security tech group

  Did the National Security Agency trick RSA, the security division of EMC, into including a crypto algorithm that was really an NSA cyber-espionage backdoor into the RSA BSAFE toolkit in order to propagate it through tech industry products?

• Cisco says controversial NIST crypto – potential NSA backdoor -- 'not invoked' in products

  Controversial crypto technology known as Dual EC DRBG, thought to be a backdoor for the National Security Agency, ended up in some Cisco products as part of their code libraries. But Cisco says they cannot be used because it chose other crypto as an operational default which can't be changed.

• Tech firms push for NSA surveillance transparency bills

  The U.S. Congress must act quickly on legislation that would make electronic data collection efforts by the U.S. National Security Agency more public, a group of tech firms, civil liberties groups and other organizations said Monday.

• Cloud-based legal software the way forward: BSA

  Business Software Alliance (BSA) Australia is encouraging companies and individuals to invest in cloud-based software as a way to track compliance and save money.

• CISPA sponsor compares opponents to 14-year-olds

  The chief sponsor of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) in the U.S. Congress has ignited a Twitter storm by suggesting many opponents of the proposed cyberthreat sharing bill are 14-year-olds in basements.

• US House to vote on CISPA cyberthreat bill this week

  The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), a controversial cyberthreat information-sharing bill, will be debated on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives this week, despite continued opposition from some privacy and digital rights advocates.

• Critics: CISPA still a government surveillance bill

  A U.S. House of Representatives committee failed to make the changes necessary to allay fears about government surveillance in a controversial cyberthreat sharing bill that's moving toward a House vote, critics said.

• Tech groups protest anti-China provision in US budget resolution

  A little-publicized provision in a U.S. government budget resolution that largely prohibits four agencies from using Chinese-made IT products could backfire, several tech trade groups said.