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House Homeland Security hearing spotlights economic incentives, secure-by-design and software accountability
Summary
A House Homeland Security field hearing in Silicon Valley focused on shifting economic incentives in cybersecurity, promoting secure‑by‑design software, and exploring liability and procurement levers to raise the cost to attackers and reduce preventable vulnerabilities.
A House Committee on Homeland Security field hearing at the Hoover Institution in Silicon Valley on Oct. 11, 2025, centered on how changes to economic incentives, procurement and product design could reduce cyber risk to U.S. critical infrastructure.
Lawmakers and witnesses said the current economic balance favors attackers and urged policies and market changes to shift responsibility away from under‑resourced victims. "The cost and incentives associated with cyber security are currently imbalanced in favor of the attacker rather than the defender," Chairman Green said, citing an IBM finding that "the global average cost of a data breach in 2024 was nearly $4,900,000." The committee heard proposals to use procurement, certification and…
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