The U.S. Department of Homeland Security this month will start sharing threat information with a small number of hand-picked companies under the newly enacted Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act. DHS hopes to collect threat indicators from companies and redistribute them so everyone gets a better view of threats and can use that knowledge to bolster defenses. The CISA removed a significant obstacle to that kind of sharing: liability. Now companies don’t have to sweat the risk of lawsuits for sharing information with Uncle Sam.
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DHS Ready to Share Intelligence With Private Sector
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. February 18, 2016 07:00 AMThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security this month will start sharing threat information with a small number of hand-picked companies under the newly enacted Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act. DHS hopes to collect threat indicators from companies and redistribute them so everyone gets a better view of threats and can use that knowledge to bolster defenses. The CISA removed a significant obstacle to that kind of sharing: liability. Now companies don’t have to sweat the risk of lawsuits for sharing information with Uncle Sam.