Minister unwraps ambassadors of the Software Security Code of Practice

Britain's digital economy minister has sent forth a raft of companies as "ambassadors" to help organizations across the land embrace the UK's Software Security Code of Practice.

Baroness (in waiting) Liz Lloyd unveiled the scheme in a speech last week that for some reason was not noted by the government's own press service until yesterday.

Lloyd, a former advisor to the Blair government and chair of trustees for The Tony Blair Governance Initiative, said the benefits of the digital economy and AI could not be realized without confidence in the systems underlying it.

"So software security isn't just technical. It's a commercial imperative. And trust is what unlocks growth."

She said a "government's first duty is to keep citizens safe," and in today's world that includes strong cybersecurity.

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