Can governments protect us from dangerous software bugs?

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

GZERO Media

International Relations, Government, Foreign Policy, Gzero World, News Commentary, Trump, News, Global Economy, Geopolitics, Politics, Ian Bremmer

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🗓️ 21 November 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

We've probably all felt the slight annoyance at prompts we receive to update our devices. But these updates deliver vital patches to our software, protecting us from bad actors. Governments around the world are increasingly interested in monitoring when dangerous bugs are discovered as a means to protect citizens. But would such regulation have the intended effect? In season 2, episode 5 of Patching the System, we focus on the international system of bringing peace and security online. In this episode, we look at how software vulnerabilities are discovered and reported, what government regulators can and can't do, and the strength of a coordinated disclosure process, among other solutions. Our participants are: Dustin Childs, Head of Threat Awareness at the Zero Day Initiative at Trend Micro Serge Droz from the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) Ali Wyne, Eurasia Group Senior Analyst (moderator) GZERO’s special podcast series “Patching the System,” produced in partnership with Microsoft as part of the award-winning Global Stage series, highlights the work of the Cybersecurity Tech Accord, a public commitment from over 150 global technology companies dedicated to creating a safer cyber world for all of us.

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0:00.0	The industry needs to do better than what they have been doing in the past, but it's never
0:04.4	going to be a situation where they ship perfect code, at least not with our current way of
0:08.9	developing software.
0:10.4	I think the job of the government is to create an environment in which responsible
0:13.9	vulnerability disclosure is actually possible and is also something that's desirable.
0:26.1	Thank you. and is also something that's desirable. If you've ever gotten a notification pop-up on your phone or computer,
0:29.7	saying that an update is urgently needed,
0:31.5	you've probably felt that twinge of inconvenience
0:33.6	at having to wait for a download or restart your device.
0:36.7	But what you might not always think about
0:38.3	is that these software updates can also deliver patches to your system, a process that is, in fact,
0:44.7	where this podcast series gets its name. Today we'll talk about vulnerabilities that we all
0:49.6	face in a world of increasing interconnectedness. Welcome to patching the system, a special podcast from the Global Stage series,
0:57.1	a partnership between G0 Media and Microsoft.
1:00.2	I'm Ali Wein, a senior analyst at Eurasia Group.
1:03.5	Throughout this series, we're highlighting the work of the Cybersecurity Tech Accord,
1:07.5	a public commitment from more than 150 global technology companies dedicated to creating
1:12.5	a safer cyber world for all of us.
1:15.3	And about those vulnerabilities that I mentioned before, we're talking specifically about
1:19.4	the vulnerabilities in the wide range of IT products that we use, which can be entry points
1:23.8	for malicious actors, and governments around the world are increasingly interested in
1:27.9	knowing about these software vulnerabilities when they're discovered. Since 2021, for example,
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