{"id":865600,"date":"2025-08-16T21:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T02:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/16\/us-trade-body-calls-on-washington-to-cut-cyber-red-tape\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T21:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T02:12:07","slug":"us-trade-body-calls-on-washington-to-cut-cyber-red-tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/16\/us-trade-body-calls-on-washington-to-cut-cyber-red-tape\/","title":{"rendered":"US trade body calls on Washington to cut cyber red tape"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/visuals\/ComputerWeekly\/Hero Images\/White-House-America-US-Administration-adobe_searchsitetablet_520X173.jpg\" data-credit=\"Bruno Coelho - stock.adobe.com\"  width=\"520\" height=\"173\" alt><\/p>\n<p>Bruno Coelho &#8211; stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content-header\">\n<h2>The US Information Technology Industry Council has called on the White House\u2019s Office of the National Cyber Director to cut burdensome regulations in areas such as AI and incident reporting, and to do more to build a unified security regime<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content-center\">\n<ul>\n<li><i data-icon=\"1\"><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i data-icon=\"2\"><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"contributors-block\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/rms\/computerweekly\/Alex-Scroxton-CW-Contributor-2022.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Scroxton\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/contributor\/Alex-Scroxton\">Alex Scroxton,<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Security Editor<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\tPublished: <span>15 Aug 2025 16:15<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"content-body\">\n<p>The US <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itic.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information Technology Industry Council<\/a> (ITI) has called on president Donald Trump\u2019s White House to slash red tape around cyber security regulations \u2013 potentially undoing some of the work done during previous president Joe Biden\u2019s administration \u2013 saying the federal government must also do more to coordinate consistent cyber security policy and work hand in hand with the private sector.<\/p>\n<p>In a report published this week, titled <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itic.org\/documents\/cybersecurity\/ITI_ONCD-CyberRecommendations.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A roadmap for results: ITI\u2019s strategic recommendations for driving American cyber security<\/a><\/i>, the organisation, which counts the largest IT businesses in the world as its members \u2013 including all of the so-called Big Five \u2013 Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft \u2013 offered up a series of recommendations for the White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cybersecuritydive.com\/news\/sean-cairncross-national-cyber-director-senate-confirmation\/756649\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">helmed by new appointee Sean Cairncross<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe administration\u2019s vision should translate into results-driven action,\u201d wrote the report\u2019s authors. \u201cThat means empowering defenders with what they need to win: efficiency, appropriate resourcing and the freedom to focus on real threats, not on navigating a web of regulatory regimes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a need to prioritise impactful security outcomes, slash red tape, rethink legacy network architectures, invest in secure modern systems and strengthen trusted partnerships between the public and private sectors,\u201d they continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCutting red tape, aligning requirements and streamlining cyber operations will free up government and private sector defenders alike to focus on stopping real threats. Efficiency is not just good governance \u2013 it is national security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report offered some guidance on what areas ITI\u2019s members would like to be considered by the ONCD should the regulatory bonfire be lit.<\/p>\n<p>It called on the US government to \u201crespond with speed and strength\u201d in using AI to secure networks and critical infrastructure, and empower frontline cyber defenders; to do more to implement a less fragmented approach to incident reporting; to walk back the scope of the 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/topics\/cyber-threats-and-advisories\/information-sharing\/cyber-incident-reporting-critical-infrastructure-act-2022-circia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act<\/a>, which it said was leading to too much paperwork and a burdensome system; and to build a unified cyber certification system and better scale shared cyber services across the government.<\/p>\n<section data-menu-title=\"Further concerns\">\n<h2><i data-icon=\"1\"><\/i>Further concerns<\/h2>\n<p>Following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/news\/366622896\/CISA-extends-MITRE-CVE-contract-at-last-moment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 2025 \u201cscare\u201d<\/a> over the near-demise of the Mitre-backed Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Programme due to a lack of funding, ITI also said the scheme cannot be allowed to run out of money again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lapse would erode national security, trigger wasteful duplication and create openings our enemies would exploit,\u201d said ITI.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecuring predictable funding will preserve the role of the CVE program as the trusted source of vulnerability data for defenders across the ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other areas of concern to the trade body include the need to address end-of-life technology as a source of cyber risk \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/news\/366627540\/Brits-clinging-to-Windows-10-face-heightened-risk-says-NCSC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the approaching end of Microsoft Windows 10<\/a> being a pertinent current example \u2013 to implement strategic action on post-quantum cryptography, to drive adoption of zero-trust architectures, and to further harden the software development supply chain.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-menu-title=\"Reasserting US leadership\">\n<h2><i data-icon=\"1\"><\/i>Reasserting US leadership<\/h2>\n<p>The ITI report also noted concerns that the US risks losing its global leadership position in setting international cyber security norms and standards, particularly as the UK, the European Union and others move forward with their own efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The ITI said the US \u201cmust lead\u201d, and called on the ONCD to work with the State Department to serve as a \u201cstrategic anchor\u201d for US engagement on global security policy, with 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