Private entities and the federal government are one step closer to sharing cyberthreat information thanks to passage of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act last week in the Senate by an overwhelming majority, according to Boris Segalis and Kathryn Linsky of Norton Rose Fulbright.
The bill encourages private businesses to share cyberthreats and the defensive measures taken with one another and the federal government. “Essentially, this amounts to the sharing of technical data that indicates how networks have been attacked, and how the government or private entities have successfully detected, prevented or mitigated such attacks,” explain the authors.
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