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State IT leaders warn of security and ethical risks from offshore software development
Summary
State IT officials told the committee that offshore software coding resources present cybersecurity, third-party and ethical risks; the state is developing policy guidance and looking to models used by other states for exception processes.
State Chief Information Officer Terrence Woods and State Chief Information Security Officer Ben Goreski briefed the Joint Legislative Committee on Information Management and Technology about the state’s approach to proposed use of offshore software development resources on March 14.
Woods said the state has not finalized a policy but has studied offshore development and its tradeoffs: "we have not landed or completed a policy on this yet. However, we have done a lot of homework," he said. "There are benefits, some of them financial ... but there's also some risks that we want to talk to you about today."
The nut graf: officials told the committee offshore coding resources—where a vendor uses employees or subcontractors located in other countries to write or maintain software—can reduce cost and accelerate…
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