S6E7: Resilient Cyber w/ Chinmayi Sharma & Jim Dempsey

Software Liability & Safe Harbor

In this episode, Chris Hughes sits down with Chinmayi Sharma, Researcher and Professor at Fordham University School of Law, and Jim Dempsey, Senior Policy Advisor (Stanford) and Lecturer (Berkeley School of Law), to dive into one of cybersecurity’s most critical debates: software liability and safe harbor.

Highlights include:

  • The rise of software liability discussions in U.S. policy

  • How recent cyberattacks have shaped the National Cybersecurity Strategy

  • Legal precedents in liability and how they apply to software development

  • Safe harbor and its potential impact on cybersecurity practices