Technology industry huddles with privacy group over cybersecurity bill

A major software industry group met with one of the leading critics of a cybersecurity bill to try to find common ground on the legislation.

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) -- which represents companies including Microsoft, Apple and Adobe -- met with the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) to discuss the nonprofit group's privacy concerns with the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). CDT -- along with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the American Civil Liberties Union, Free Press and other groups -- is leading a week of protests against the cybersecurity bill. Tom Molino, vice president of government affairs for the BSA, said he is confident that the two sides can find a solution.