The use and scope of information technology has grown dramatically since 2000 — and along with that growth have come ever greater cybersecurity threats to businesses, government agencies and consumers. The need to counter actual threats, as well as to prevent potential cybersecurity problems, calls for sharing information among vulnerable parties. However, businesses have been worried that sharing cyberinformation involves another risk: the chance that such practices would be deemed anticompetitive under federal antitrust laws.
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Feds Weigh In on Cybersharing Antitrust Issues
Posted by: John K. Higgins May 1, 2014 01:14 AMThe use and scope of information technology has grown dramatically since 2000 — and along with that growth have come ever greater cybersecurity threats to businesses, government agencies and consumers. The need to counter actual threats, as well as to prevent potential cybersecurity problems, calls for sharing information among vulnerable parties. However, businesses have been worried that sharing cyberinformation involves another risk: the chance that such practices would be deemed anticompetitive under federal antitrust laws.