{"id":380,"date":"2026-07-30T13:42:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T13:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalconsumerreportss.com\/?p=380"},"modified":"2026-07-30T13:42:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T13:42:05","slug":"lawfare-daily-how-our-growing-software-dependence-threatens-national-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalconsumerreportss.com\/?p=380","title":{"rendered":"Lawfare Daily: How Our Growing Software Dependence Threatens National Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Lawfare<\/em> Book Review Editor Jonathan Cedarbaum sits down with the Soufan Center\u2019s Executive Director Colin Clarke and Senior Research Fellow Chad Serena, to discuss the Center\u2019s recent report, \u201cClosing the Gap: Software Understanding and U.S. National Security.\u201d They explore what the authors call the \u201csoftware understanding gap\u201d\u2014the growing disconnect between the rapid pace of software development and our ability to fully understand, assess, and secure increasingly complex systems. They discuss how adversarial state actors and criminal groups can exploit this gap, the ways in which it poses a national security challenge, and what government agencies, private industry, and software developers can do to better mitigate risks and strengthen U.S. cybersecurity.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalconsumerreportss.com\/?p=379\">The AI That Hacked Its Way Out and the Hype That Followed It<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"110px\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/60518a52f69aa815d2dba41c\/6a6a6bea501e981514656413\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>Additional reading:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Douglas Ghormley, Tod Amon, Christopher Harrison, and Tim Loffredo, \u201c,\u201d Sandia National Laboratories (March 2025)<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalconsumerreportss.com\/?p=377\">Sued by the State, Judged by the State<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To receive ad-free podcasts, become a <em>Lawfare <\/em>Material Supporter at www.patreon.com\/lawfare. You can also support <em>Lawfare <\/em>by making a one-time donation at .<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalconsumerreportss.com\/?p=375\">Lawfare Daily: Dispatches from the 2026 Aspen Security Forum<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exploring the\u00a0software understanding gap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intelligence"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lawfare Daily: How Our Growing Software Dependence Threatens National Security - National Consumer Reports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalconsumerreportss.com\/?p=380\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lawfare Daily: How Our Growing Software Dependence Threatens National Security - 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